apostrophe
Example Sentences
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On my first day on set on “Mad Men,” I had to do another take because I’d left out an apostrophe.
From Los Angeles Times
Onetime David had the matte knife and he said, “Has anybody seen a reverse apostrophe?”
From New York Times
It said in its petition for Supreme Court review that it included a distinctive pattern of curly and straight apostrophes in transcriptions for some new songs that spelled out 'RED HANDED' in Morse code.
From Reuters
Ms. Coe, the biographer, said Washington would have been happy to celebrate his birthday with other presidents, apostrophe or not.
From New York Times
“In written English, especially when it’s a name that ends in s and it’s a polysyllabic name, you could add the apostrophe s, if you are really a stickler for the rules,” she said.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
