apostropheəˈpɒs trə fi
apostrophe (n)
- plural
- apostrophes
English Definitions:
apostrophe (noun)
address to an absent or imaginary person
apostrophe (noun)
the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
Apostrophe
The apostrophe is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritic mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets. In English, it serves three purposes: ⁕The marking of the omission of one or more letters. ⁕The marking of possessive case. ⁕The marking by some as plural of written items that are not words established in English orthography. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘apostrophe’ comes ultimately from Greek ἡ ἀπόστροφος [προσῳδία], through Latin and French. The apostrophe looks the same as a closing single quotation mark, although they have different meanings. The apostrophe also looks similar to, but is not the same as the prime symbol, which is used to indicate measurement in feet or arcminutes, as well as for various mathematical purposes, and the ʻokina, which represents a glottal stop in Polynesian languages. Such incorrect substitutes as ´ and ` are not uncommon in unprofessional texts, where an ambiguous treatment of the apostrophe in digital typesetting is a major factor of this confusion.
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