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1. apostrophe
noun. ['əˈpɑːstrəˌfiː'] the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word.
Synonyms
Etymology
- apostrophe (French)
- apostrophe (Latin)
Rhymes with Apostrophe
- astrophotography
- atrophy
- autobiography
- bibliography
- biography
- calligraphy
- catastrophe
- choreography
- chromatography
- cinematography
- crystallography
- demography
- discography
- dystrophy
- echography
- geography
- hagiography
- historiography
- iconography
- kaumography
How do you pronounce apostrophe?
Pronounce apostrophe as əˈpɑstrəˌfi.
US - How to pronounce apostrophe in American English
UK - How to pronounce apostrophe in British English
Sentences with apostrophe
1. Noun, singular or mass
The second thing the apostrophe does is tell the reader how many of the nouns possess something.
Quotes about apostrophe
1. To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as "Thank God its Friday"(without the apostrophe) rouses feelings not only of despair but of violence. The confusion of the possessive "its"(no apostrophe) with the contractive "it's"(with apostrophe) is an unequivocal signal of illiteracy and sets off a Pavlovian "kill"response in the average stickler.
- Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
