apostrophe

[əˈpɑːstrəfi]

Definition:
1. Address to an absent or imaginary person.
2. The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word.

Use 'apostrophe' in a sentence:

1. Apostrophe: Sign of omission of letter or to show possessive.
2. The apostrophe is used to express possession.
3. Shoppers passing by don’t think: I’m not going to buy them because the apostrophe is misplaced.
4. The word is broken at the apostrophe; otherwise, the letters following the apostrophe are trimmed.
5. Each of these corporate giants has adopted a trend to "simplify" its corporate logo by dropping the apostrophe.
6. To create an actual apostrophe, put two single quote marks side-by-side (") to produce one quote mark in your output."
7. A possessive noun is formed by adding apostrophe 's' (' s) to a noun.
8. Last month two local councils in the UK declared that they were getting rid of all apostrophes in street signs to avoid confusion.
9. Proper use of apostrophes is not the same as decent writing, but at least it eliminates the worst offences.
10. Since strings can be enclosed in either single or double quotation marks, you can quote something that contains quote marks or apostrophes.
11. Listing 11 shows an example of the escape sequences for a string that USES a single quote as an apostrophe.
12. As a kind of figure of speech, apostrophe often appears in poetry in the form of vision or personification.
13. There should be an apostrophe here, and look, you've missed out the word 'men' altogether!
14. Perhaps in the broader world, you might find years that have two or four digits and might even contain an apostrophe, as in '09.
15. The sight of so many apostrophes may not be sightly to the English eye, but their presence may hopefully make it easier to pronounce them.
16. The translator obviously does not know what code will manipulate the translated text, so they must know how to enter required single quotes apostrophes.
17. To create an actual apostrophe, put two single quote marks side-by-side('') to produce one quote mark in your output.
18. The apostrophe indicates a sound which is frequently uttered, but not written, in English.
19. The purdue online writing lab also explains how to use an apostrophe correctly in possessives and other cases.
20. Sounds weird with two apostrophes.
21. Before the seventeenth century the apostrophe was rare.
22. If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
23. Before she reached the house, Gouvernail had lighted a fresh cigar and ended his apostrophe to the night.
24. He said that people should stop worrying about "text message speak" creeping into general usage and called for the apostrophe to be abolished.
25. Two sequential apostrophes in a quoted string denote a single character, namely an apostrophe.
26. There should be no apostrophe because what you mean is that the decision belongs to the group.
27. As to an abstract and inanimate entity, apostrophe can personify them and make the images of poetry vivid and charming.
28. When you contract a word or two words you need to add an apostrophe.
29. If "smart quotes" are selected for apostrophes, the apostrophe remains visible in the cell.
30. Answer these questions, using the words in parentheses. Put the apostrophe in the right place.
31. I put that word on the page, but he added the apostrophe.
32. When you contract a word or two words you need to add apostrophe.
33. When do I need to use an apostrophe?
34. For example, users may need to enter a single quote (or apostrophe) as part of a person's name.
35. For example, users may need to enter a single quote ( or apostrophe) as part of a person's name.
36. Perhaps in the broader world, you might find years that have two or four digits and might even contain an apostrophe, as in'09.
37. The number in this cell is formatted as text or preceded by an apostrophe.
38. A reader sent me an internal memo from her head of HR, complete with misplaced apostrophes and singular subjects matched with plural verbs.
39. An apostrophe can be used to show certain speech patterns.
40. To add a comment to a statement in these files, type a comment after an apostrophe (').
41. On the old woman's knee was a large drop of blood shaped like an apostrophe.
42. Show code, when applicable, that is clear and easy to read and copy as a whole, without texturized quotes or apostrophes.
43. Shoppers passing by don't think: I'm not going to buy them because the apostrophe is misplaced.
44. Variable substitution is not done in text literals which are surrounded by single quotes (apostrophe s).
45. They're too farting busy sneering at a greengrocer's less than perfect use of the apostrophe.
46. Maybe it is the errant apostrophe, the splitting of the poor old infinitive, or the use of "like" as a comma.
47. 'It's' ( with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for 'it is'.
48. The only complication comes from names that themselves contain one or more apostrophes.
49. They don't walk like ordinary dogs, but leap and somersault like an apostrophe and comma.
50. Do not attempt to one day suddenly turned into a comma or apostrophe.
51. The code in Listing 2 has no mystery about what a particular semicolon or apostrophe means.