Apostrophe :
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Noun(1) address to an absent or imaginary person(2) the mark ('
(1) However, because he didn't know how to use the possessive apostrophe , it became known simply as ÔÇÿFrench toastÔÇÖ.(2) For what it's worth, the offending sign uses an apostrophe to suggest the possessive of a singular noun instead of the plural intention.(3) I assume that I have that correct, as it is many grocers who have apostrophes and therefore the apostrophe goes after the s which indicates the plural.(4) The use of an apostrophe here indicates a contraction of ÔÇÿit isÔÇÖ or ÔÇÿit has,ÔÇÖ which would make little sense in the context of this banner.(5) In fact, using its with an apostrophe in its possessive sense sits uncomfortably within the orbit of ÔÇÿapplied excellenceÔÇÖ.(6) The concept of the possessive apostrophe appears to have evaded his fine mind.(7) My advice, then, is this - if in doubt about whether to use an apostrophe to form a possessive, put it in; but if in doubt whether to use one to form a plural, leave it out.(8) Let us note, first of all, that hyperbole and apostrophe are the forms of language not only most agreeable to it but also most necessary.(9) Further, the use of apostrophe in the form of direct addresses to the saints creates the impression of direct communication.(10) Still others prefer a middle option that keeps the apostrophe for omission and elision but drops it for plurality and possession.(11) When the possessor is single we indicate possession by using an apostrophe followed by the letter ÔÇÿsÔÇÖ - ÔÇÿThe man's coatÔÇÖ.(12) To stress apostrophe , personification, prosopopoeia, and hyperbole is to join the theorists who through the ages have emphasized what distinguishes the lyric from other speech acts, what makes it the most literary of forms.(13) There's an unconfirmed rumor floating that as a sophomore he placed an apostrophe before the last letter of a word that ended in ÔÇÿs.ÔÇÖ(14) What better trope for the undertaking than the apostrophe ?(15) I firstly must congratulate the author for managing to use an apostrophe of possession correctly, because I don't think I could have got past the first page for worrying about it if she hadn't.(16) The meaning of a word is never unclear because an apostrophe has been misused, a fact that ought to be self evident since spoken language seems to get along just fine even though it has never evolved a verbal cue to indicate an apostrophe .
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