The catastrophe of the apostrophe in the queen's language...

As if its not difficult for them already uh? I agree. I was really surprised to whn I heard the news. I would not have expexted that reaction from of all places England. That is one area of english I do not feel needs revising.

English as a language per se is VERY difficult. Its nature induces people to be more dyslexic - in fact an english speaking child has been shown to have the same brain activity of an italian-speaking child who simply has reading difficulties; and dyslexia is more common in english speaking countries than italian. (quoting from my developmental psychology book here). As someone who grew up learning english, I can guarantee that homonyms are part of what really confused my learning process growing up. Keep the 's please!

Thats some interesting info re dyslexia and its prominenece among english speaking verus italian speaking children. Many many of our students here complain bitterly about the complexity of english as a subject and many boys tend to do far better at math. As far as they are concerned math is a logical subject which does not confuse itself so it does not confuse them in return . I am far better at english but there are aspects of the subject/course which understandably will be a challenge to persons not too keen on the subject in the first place. Removing the apostrophe at this time will only add to their confusion.