Back in the summer of 2013, I wrote this article on apostrophe abuse; after having surfed around a few blogs recently, I felt my pet peeve starting to twitch and decided to share it with you again, as many of you have joined me more recently. Enjoy!
Okay, grammar pet peeve time: Apostrophe abuse. It needs to stop. Now.
There are only two instances in the English language in which apostrophes are used:
1) Contractions, as in: you are = you’re, or have not = haven’t, or I am = I’m. Just keep in mind that the apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter(s); if you take a letter out to combine (contract) two words together, place the apostrophe where the missing letter would have been written.
2) Possessives, as in: Steve’s hat (the hat belongs to Steve), or today’s specials (specials on for today)
Alway’s there for us. Who is Alway?
Never, I repeat NEVER should an apostrophe be used to indicate a plural!! Never, EVER. If you see it used as a plural, it’s wrong – even if it’s on a tombstone (see the image below). 
In the illustration…
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Stephanie Huesler 
Thanks for informing and entertaining us, Stephanie. I often notice apostrophe abuse going on. Where are the grammar and punctuation police when you need them?
You’re welcome! Sometimes I can just roll my eyes, but doing that often enough just leads to headaches. 😉
So cute, Stephanie. Loved reading about your pet peeve. But don’t get me started on the uncapitalised “i” after a full stop, to start a new sentence. It’s very distracting.
I won’t, as I’m sure we could offend some people’s sense of self-satisfaction in their bucking of the whole capital letter law!
Long live grammarians – the only hope for the survival of the English language in the Cyber Age! 😉
You’re so funny Trinity. And I have learned to look the other way by doing this: making sure I check my own work thoroughly. Mistakes happen but I keep checking until they disappear. Again, lovely post.
Apostrophe misuse makes me crazy!
Mistakes can slip in on the best of us; thank goodness no one is perfect!