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- Apostrophe vs. Single Quote - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
TLDR: The apostrophe's proper useage denotes possessive form or missing letters numbers The 'Single Quote' is to denote a quote within a quote Also, often used for emphasis Apostrophes Apostrophes are utilized to denote possessive form of a noun and or the missing letters numbers when: contracting multiple words shortening a single word or
- English notation for hour, minutes and seconds
I'm more used to "01:05:56", for example How do you represent the hour, minutes, and seconds using the apostrophe and quotes punctuations? Which is for the hour, which is for minutes, and which is for seconds? Is it the common way to write duration of time elapsed? Do they have a special pronunciation?
- punctuation - Apostrophe after first use of acronym - English Language . . .
If I am writing a letter and I use an office title for the first time, I will include the acronym, but if the office title has a possessive, apostrophe s, will the acronym have the apostrophe s wit
- grammar - “other’s lives” vs. “others’ lives” - English Language . . .
I'm not sure which of the following is correct: having an impact on other’s lives having an impact on others’ lives I just can’t figure out how the apostrophe should be used
- apostrophe - Individuals or individuals - English Language Usage . . .
Because you have used the plural, you must, by the normal rules, place the apostrophe after the final "s" However, you could just as easily use "individual" in the singular, e g
- apostrophe - Johnsons or Johnsons - English Language Usage Stack . . .
They are known as "grocers' apostrophes", from the formers' tendency to put up signs that contain superfluous apostrophes I know of one instance of a grocer's apostrophe on a gravestone
- apostrophe - Is it mens or mens? And whats the rule? - English . . .
So after you get out you can just omit the apostrophe like we do in speaking and write mens room the way it's pronounced Most native speakers don't care and don't notice It's only English teachers (particularly in non-Anglophone countries) that care
- apostrophe - Its unconventional, but is Ts Cs technically . . .
It looks a bit weird and isn't the commonly used term, but is it not correct? The apostrophe would be marking the shortening of "terms" to "t" and "conditions" to "c", of course
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