apostrophe
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3.7
- noun
- /əˈpɑstrəfi/
- "McDonald's," "Mike's," and "Tim Hortons" all have signs in Victoriaville without the apostrophes found in their Anglo-Saxon corporate names.
- a misplaced apostrophe
- use an apostrophe
- add an apostrophe
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Watch on YouTubeIs that can you contract that CA and apostrophe NT Apostrophe NT yes, you can can't.
- Is that can you contract that CA and apostrophe NT Apostrophe NT yes, you can can't.
- Little Mckinsley spelled KEINSL EE with an apostrophe over the back of it.
- Those right there, they're not back ticks, they're apostrophes.
- It was the White House press office that put in the apostrophe, says the the AP.
- There was a big hubbub here at Mythical over the fact that Popeyes does not have an apostrophe.
- Accordingly, Moray's apostrophe is added to an altered version of Richard Howard's English translation of Hollambarts.
- I love the works of apostrophes.
Examples
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But the thing that is really getting to me is that apostrophe in the title.
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I'd just like to point out that there were two apostrophe errors in this post.
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First of all, there should be an apostrophe between the t and the s.
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His passport is due for renewal this year - apostrophe or no apostrophe?
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Some people put the apostrophe here because the man's name was Bragg.
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For anyone who still doesn't understand, the apostrophe in the lyrics shown on YouTube is a typo.
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I was taught to use the apostrophe for such plurals in secretarial courses back in the 70s.
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Spent most of the day explaining the difference between "your" possessive and "you're" apostrophe R-E to college juniors.
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When writing, remember to use the apostrophe to indicate possession, as in "the cat's toy."
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In the contraction "don't," the apostrophe shows the omission of the letter "o" from the word "not."
Compounds
- Offensive
An incorrect apostrophe used to make a plural word, for example 'apple's' for apples
Surface Forms
Morphology
apostrophe = apo + strophe
The parts are classical combining forms (apo- + -strophe) not productive in modern English, so learners cannot derive the punctuation sense from the components.
Etymology
Apostrophe comes from the Greek parts apo- 'away' and strephein 'to turn', which together mean a 'turning away'. So the punctuation mark called an apostrophe shows letters that are 'turned away' or left out of a word, which is why we write 'can't' with an apostrophe.