Apostrophe is an address to the absent as if present or the inanimate as if human.

The apostrophe is used (1) to denote possession, (2) to take the place of an ommited letter, and (3) to form the plural of letters, figures and signs.

The possessive case of a noun always has an apostrophe; the possessive case of a personal pronoun never has an apostrophe: his, its, hers, theirs.

You decide! 

 

 This is a local sign I came across .... Ummm 

 Scooby's without a following noun =

Scooby has/is !? 

Scooby is ............. What ?

Chasing Shaggy  .......... The person who made this sign ........ P***ed off because I took this photo.

Scooby has ........... What ?

More customers, because of this error ........ Tooth decay ..............  Been employed by a peasant.

 

 Ok ............ESTOP'S 976

BUXTON'S without a following noun = 

BUXTON has/is !? 

BUXTON is .................. What ?

Happy he's not a Butler ......... Chewing burgers ........ About to sue me.

BUXTON has ................What ?

Been wearing a dress and wig ......... No blue paint or brush ....... Been looking tatty for years.

 

Here's another sign I spotted locally.

Just Jan's without a following noun = 

Just Jan has/is

Just Jan is .............What ?

Off her trolley ....... Going to be unhappy with this photo ......... Filling her rolls with hedgehog today.

Just Jan has ................. What ?

Employed a slop jockey ............ Been toying with the idea of a new sign .

Now we're getting the hang of things, can you spot the mistake! Sorry I had to use the 'Comic Sans font' for this one.

Carefully look between the 'L' and 'S'
(disguised by a small branch)
It's an apostrophe!!

 

It's the same roundabout, but without the apostrophe (perhaps they ran out of branches).  Not even the 'Dept of Transport' can get it write (whoops, I meant right).