[Groff] Using \(aq in plain English words--bad idea?

[G. Branden Robinson]

I'm noticing that in some of groff's own man pages, the plain-old
long-suffering apostrophe is explcitly avoided in favor of \(aq.

And I don't mean in any fancy technical jargon, I mean in plain language
like:

Don\(aqt listen to Trump\(aqs advisors.

That sure is ugly, and unkind to spell-checkers.  Is this a recommended
style?  If the page author absolutely hates directional single quotes
used as apostrophes, wouldn't it be better to do something like

.tr '\[aq]

near the top of the document?

Regards,
Branden

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