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apostrophe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | rhetorical device |
apostrophe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | punctuation, punctuation mark |
| Derivation | apostrophise, apostrophize |
Examples of apostrophe
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I would most closely compare it to the apostrophe or even the hyphen in English.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The most common symbol for a derivative is an apostrophe-like mark called prime.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Would the language be much the poorer without the apostrophe for the possessive?
From the newscientist.com
The Hells Angels don't use an apostrophe in their name, btw, check their website.
From the swampland.blogs.time.com
Oh my God, did her pinky accidentally hit an unnessecary apostrophe while typing?
From the economist.com
The only bad thing about the Butchers Arms is the missing apostrophe in its name.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cameron managed to persuade him that an apostrophe was no threat to his virility.
From the guardian.co.uk
It may be represented by an apostrophe in Arabic derived words such as Al Qur'an.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Even the government felt the need to join the campaign to save the apostrophe.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Address to an absent or imaginary person
- The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
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- Apostrophe (Greek u1F00u03C0u03BFu03C3u03C4u03C1u03BFu03C6u03AE, apostrophu00E9, "turning away"; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory figure of speech. It occurs when a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g. in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes absent from the scene...
- (Apostrophes) a raised comma used to denote either possession or contraction
- Use apostrophes in your search term, except when the apostrophe indicates possession. For example, if you looking for the article on the Chinese deity, you will find better results if you search for T'ien rather than T ien. You don't need to use 's in your search term for possessives. ...
- An address, either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend. Apostrophe often provides a speaker the opportunity to think aloud.
- Turning away from the divine ground (Stoics)
- The direct address of a person or personified thing, either present or absent. Its most common purpose in prose is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back. Thus an apostrophe often interrupts the discussion:
