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2. Here’s When You Should Use an Apostrophe - AOL

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   An apostrophe is not an accessory. Here are examples of how and when to use an apostrophe—and when you definitely shouldn't. The post Here’s When You Should Use an Apostrophe appeared first on ...

3. There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar ... - AOL

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   The Associated Press Stylebook says “use only an apostrophe” for singular proper names ending in S: Dickens’ novels, Hercules’ labors, Jesus’ life. But not everyone agrees.

4. English possessive - Wikipedia

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   The possessive form of an English noun, or more generally a noun phrase, is made by suffixing a morpheme which is represented orthographically as ' s (the letter s preceded by an apostrophe), and is pronounced in the same way as the regular English plural ending (e)s: namely, as / ɪ z / when following a sibilant sound (/ s /, / z /, / ʃ /, / ʒ /, / tʃ / or / dʒ /), as / s / when following ...

5. Apostrophe - Wikipedia

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   Hubert Selby Jr. used a slash instead of an apostrophe mark for contractions and did not use an apostrophe at all for possessives. Lewis Carroll made greater use of apostrophes, and frequently used sha'n't, with an apostrophe in place of the elided ll as well as the more usual o. [95] [96] These authors' usages have not become widespread.

6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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   Use straight apostrophes ('), not curly apostrophes (’). [g] Do not use accent marks or backticks (`) as apostrophes. Templates such as {} and {} are helpful when an apostrophe (or single quote) appears at the beginning or end of text in italics or bold, because italics and bold are themselves indicated by sequences of single quotes.

7. 'Grammar vigilante' sneaks around at night fixing bad apostrophes

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   The "Banksy of punctuation," who uses stickers rather than paint, denies it's a crime to go around the city to improve standards.