I've seen the worst misuse of an apostophe ever...

[SoupDragon]

On a war memorial in Croydon, carved in black granite with the letters highlighted with white, they have had to amend the incorrect use of IT'S to ITS.

Did someone not check the text before it was carved??

Actually one I see quite often on here is appauled instead of appalled.

Yes, that cracks me up!

which joker changed that to "peoples's"?
I wa so careful, but have just been on a thread about James' vs James's
How humiliating

I was not aware that barbeque was actually correct, (still not sure )though I realise it's in common usage. I thought it had become the wrongly assumed correct spelling because of the common abbreviation of BBQ which is a phonetic abbreviation. The original correct spelling in is fact 'barbecue'.

TiggyR - my point exactly! Unfortunately this means I'm not off the pedantic hook after all then - bugger.