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Is it just me, or has the abuse of apostrophes gone on too long?

They aren't used to pluralize words. They don't belong in compound words like 'butterfly'. They do not signify, no matter who says so, that 'it' possesses something.

So: who will help me stop the molestation of this great device?

The abuse of apostrophes has gone on for so long that we've had many threads on this topic already.

(This is not to say that I have any problem with this thread. I understand if you weren't here when the other threads were up. Just know that if you don't get too many replies, it's probably because many other people already said what they had to say in the previous threads.)

*The Mousy spell-checker goes off to cross out misplaced apostrophes from various signs.*

What's the deal with the word "ski?" Is it skis, or skiis, or skiing or sking, or what? I've seen MULTIPLE signs saying "Ski's and..."

Strengthlessnesses is the longest word in the English language (it's not recognized by spell check. Hah) with only one vowel that's repeated, but strengths is the longest with just one vowel.

Edit: This is from rinkworks.com....

Strengths, nine letters long, is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.

Strengthlessnesses, eighteen letters long, is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel repeated. A seventeen letter word with this property is defenselessnesses. A sixteen letter word with this property is strengthlessness. A fifteen letter word with this property is defenselessness. A fourteen letter word with this property is degenerescence. Thirteen letter words with this property are degenerescent, disinhibiting, effervescence, handcraftsman, kinnikinnicks, philistinisms, primitivistic, retelemetered, and whipstitching.