No Apostrophes: North Yorkshire moved to phase out apostrophes from its street signs.

The change, part of the North Yorkshire Council’s move to phase out apostrophes from its street signs, has elicited dissent in Harrogate, a Victorian spa town in northern England.

A local authority has announced it will ban apostrophes on street signs to avoid problems with computer systems.

“And if you really put it together, just put an apostrophe between I, M and Possible, it’s I’m possible,” he added.

“Shouldn’t there be an apostrophe in that title?”