Apostrophe For Me And Exclamation Marks !!!

[balloney]

I was taught to use these and shall do.

[mushroom25]

//A door "owns" it's own doorknob//

it does, but as written it doesn't make sense, because the apostrophe in this case denotes a contraction.

A door "owns" it is own doorknob? really?

[naomi24]

//For abbreviations I tend to use eg, TVs, HGVs etc. //

As it should be - and no gap between word and exclamation mark - regardless of what OG's primary school teacher said- and no apostrophe in its - even if the door does 'own' its doorknob. An apostrophe there renders 'it's' an abbreviation of 'it is'. I've heard that apostrophe called a 'tombstone' - there in place of a dead letter. ;o)

[Prudie]

Where's Eddie when you actually need him!!!!

[aelmpvw]

having spent a lifetime in the printing industry, placing a space before ! ? . , ; : ' would have got you thrashed within an inch of your life

[naomi24]

Scooping up all the exclamation marks. Quick, grab 'em before they all disappear!

[Old_Geezer]

Of course a door possesses it's own doorknob. Unless the owner of the door has nicked it and fitted it to themselves.

[Old_Geezer]

Apostrophes have multiple meanings. It's the reader that can misinterpret and read it as "it is".

[Canary42]

Language evolves - most punctuation is becoming obsolete per se , being mainly used for emoticons ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

[dannyk13]

OG, it's does mean it is, there is no other interpretation.

[Mamyalynne]

ʕ •ₒ• ʔ

[mushroom25]

[New Judge]

//The Apostrophe Protection Society has just folded after two years.//

It has been taken over by the Society for the Abolition of the Spurious Apostrophe (SASA) of which I am the founder and so far only member.

[hellywelly4]

I loved Victor Borge. Used to have a 45 record with the punctuation thing on and played it many, many times.
With regard to the OP - I would have thought it would have been better if he had said "and shall continue to do so". (Although that's not the question).

[douglas9401]

This is so wearying, I might lapse into a comma.