Wherefore art thou apostrophe?

I have to confess I am somewhat of a grammar nerd and a small part of me shrivels up and dies when I see a punctuation faux pas. As Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves (porn for grammar nerds — in case you haven’t read it) describes us grammar sticklers “like the little boy in The Sixth Sense who can see dead people, except that we see dead punctuation. While we look in horror at a badly punctuated sign, the world carries on around us.”

So, that 70-page annual report you’ve got sat on your desk that needs to be proofread before going to print? That’s a grammar nerd’s dream right there.

The white paper article you’ve just finished writing but want to get a second opinion? Phwa, yes please, give it to me.

The newly drafted Employees’ Handbook on Human Resources and Policies and Practices? Would love to have a read, said no one ever, apart from a grammar nerd (who by the way, would make sure that if you had more than one employee, that there is an apostrophe after the ‘s’ on Employees).