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- Apostrophe vs. Single Quote - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
An apostrophe is typically interchangeable with a single-close-quote, but it can be different within a more specialized font face One could be forgiven for using a neutral single quote in a pinch (an abhorrent anachronism of mechanical typewriters)
- grammatical number - Is an apostrophe with a decade (e. g. the 1920’s . . .
The apostrophe is not solely used to indicate ownership ( similar relationship, as with day's work) or missing letters There are some who use do's (as in works do's) as a pure plural form, some institutions call themselves dogs homes or writers guilds while others prefer to incorporate the apostrophe
- Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not?
The general rule is that you should not use an apostrophe to form the plurals of nouns, abbreviations, or dates made up of numbers: just add -s (or -es, if the noun in question forms its plural with - es)
- When does the word months get an apostrophe? [duplicate]
A good rule of thumb is probably: use the possessive apostrophe for nouns ("This book represents eighteen months' hard work"); use no apostrophe for adjectives ("Somehow the task force had fallen eight months behind")
- 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
- pronouns - Why doesnt its have an apostrophe? - English Language . . .
The apostrophe came to be omitted, perhaps because it's already was established as a contraction of it is, or by general habit of omitting apostrophes in personal pronouns (hers, yours, theirs, etc ) Can anyone back up either of these arguments? The possessive one's still has the apostrophe, despite these
- Why is the right single quotation mark used as the apostrophe?
The justification presented for using the straight single quotation mark is that this symbol bears the name apostrophe — and an apostrophe in English is a symbol used to denote omission or possession
- Where should the apostrophe go on a possessive abbreviation?
When expanding an abbreviation in parentheses, sometimes the thing that was abbreviate was used in a possessive context Consider the following example: If the Giant Ostrich Bomb's (GOB) fuse is
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