We Could Make So Many Jokes

Just look at that apostrophe after the s in Americans.

What's it doing there?

• Is it protesting the apostrophe catastrophe being perpetuated on signs in England?
• Is it being coyly ironic, showing that we'll save money but squander punctuation?
• Is it trying to possess the saving? (Honey, aren't we all?)
  

Americans' saving more, spending less
Americans are hunkering down and saving more. For a recession-battered economy, it couldn't be happening at a worse time.
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON —
Americans are hunkering down and saving more. For a recession-battered economy, it couldn't be happening at a worse time.

Sigh--about all of it. Really.