He Is Risible (A Deluxe Easter Grammar Rant!)

I honestly don’t remember the imbecile’s apostrophe (I put the book’s down over there) being very widespread until about 20 years ago, and have a theory I’d like to run past you. I wonder if it didn’t start — as “go for it” started with football fans — with baseball fans seeing the names of such teams as the (Oakland) A’s and (Baltimore) O’s (that is, A…