Jays not Jay’s

Dear Editor:

I have to admit that I am a stickler for spelling and grammar. I have to force myself to ignore the massive number of errors on social media platforms like Facebook.

One of the things that irks me the most is the rampant use of an apostrophe to pluralize a word. That’s bad enough, but on Nov. 5, I saw an even more egregious misuse of an apostrophe in, of all places, an institute of learning.

This was displayed on the roadside sign for Elora Public School: “GO JAY’S GO.”

Is it any wonder that many of the children graduating from the public school system are unable to spell? A place of learning should definitely do better!

Jim Clark,
Fergus