| 单词 | apostrophe |
| 例句 | If you’ve similarly always wanted to know where to use an apostrophe, it means you never will, doesn’t it? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Now, as for who’s, the apostrophe stands for something that has been removed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Up to now, we have looked at the right and wrong uses of the apostrophe, and I have felt on pretty safe ground. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Thus the number of apostrophes in circulation remains constant, even if this means we have double the reason to go and bang our heads against a wall. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Beware, especially, of the unusual apostrophe in a plural word. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew a heart instead of an apostrophe. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It is no fault of the apostrophe that some of our words need so much help identifying themselves. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Here’s how to use an apostrophe with . . . • possessives.To indicate ownership, add r to a singular noun or to a plural noun that does not end in s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He then explained this affectionate apostrophe, by touching his brooch representing the lady and the weeping willow at the tomb with the urn upon it, and saying, “Had it made for me, express!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Store awnings and windows, sides of trucks, even neon signs, are peppered with wayward apostrophes that either don’t belong at all or are in the wrong position. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Add the apostrophe alone to a plural noun that ends in s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Be sure you've formed the plural correctly before you add the apostrophe to the end. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All you need to make almost any word possessive is an apostrophe and the letter s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Painted correction fluid over the wrong apostrophe; inserted the right one. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z To create the possessive of something that’s normally in quotation marks—for example, the title of a poem, “The Raven”—you would have to put the apostrophe outside. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A heresy since the 13th century, this law states that a balance exists in nature: “For every apostrophe omitted from an it’s, there is an extra one put into an its.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z In the meantime, what can be done by those of us sickened by the state of apostrophe abuse? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z If this satanic sprinkling of redundant apostrophes causes no little gasp of horror or quickening of the pulse, you should probably put down this book at once. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z But it is in the nature of punctuation lovers to care about such things, and I applaud all those who seek to protect the apostrophe from misuse. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z For example, shouldn’t is short for should not-, the apostrophe shows where the o in not was dropped. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, there are no laws against imprisoning apostrophes and making them look daft. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Is it wrong for me to want to at least correct the misplaced apostrophe before I rip it off the wall and stuff it in my backpack? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z If only the apostrophe’s life had stayed that simple. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z How dare anyone make this decision on behalf of the apostrophe? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z One solitary obsessive, feebly armed with an apostrophe on a stick, will never have the nerve to demonstrate outside Warner Brothers on the issue of Two Weeks Notice. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z The vast majority of letters concerned misplaced apostrophes, of course, in potato’s and lemon’s. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z It would be nice if one day the number of apostrophes properly placed in it’s equalled exactly the number of apostrophes properly omitted from its, instead of the other way round. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Who’s is short for who is, and the apostrophe replaces the missing i in is. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a list of legitimate apostrophe jobs certainly brings home to us the imbalance of responsibility that exists in the world of punctuation. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z And if you can replace the word with “there is”, the word is there’s: There’s a surprising amount about the apostrophe in this book. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z But when there’s obviously no possessive meaning, forget the apostrophe: You’ll never get into the honors program by hanging out in singles bars. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Guaranteed to give sticklers a very nasty turn, that was - its posters slung along the sides of buses in letters four feet tall, with no apostrophe in sight. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I just remember a period when, convinced that an apostrophe was definitely required somewhere, I would cunningly suspend a very small one immediately above the “s”, to cover all eventualities. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z What about issuing stickers printed with the words “This apostrophe is not necessary”? What about telling people to shin up ladders at dead of night with an apostrophe-shaped stencil and a tin of paint? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Cicero ends with a final address to Catiline, and then with a contrastive apostrophe to Jupiter—effectively putting Catiline’s decision to depart under the compulsion of a God. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Aren’t there rules for the comma, just as there are rules for the apostrophe? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Abolish the apostrophe and it will be necessary, before the hour is up, to reinvent it. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z They don’t walk like ordinary dogs, but leap and somersault like an apostrophe and comma. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z An apostrophe can show where letters have been dropped in a shortened word or phrase. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine my teenage wrath when, time after time, my homework was returned with this well-meant floating apostrophe struck out. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z They raised their arms high overhead and lifted their thumbs like a forest of small apostrophes at the ends of their closed fists. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The next day after the abolition of the apostrophe, imagine ±e scene. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z And then let us check that we know the rules of what modern grammarians call “possessive determiners” and “possessive pronouns” - none of which requires an apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z The only illiteracy with apostrophes that stirs any sympathy in me is the greengrocer’s variety. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z And so it came to pass that Hear’Say’s poor, oddly placed little apostrophe was replicated everywhere and no one gave a moment’s thought to its sufferings. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “More weight,” the apostrophe has bravely said - if ever more faindy. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z But I ask you: how much more abuse must the apostrophe endure? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z This seems pretty obvious to us now, but there was a time when it was considered correct to leave the apostrophe with the pronoun: Is that your suit of armor, Sir Lancelot, or somebody’s else? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But the presence or lack of an apostrophe suggests a slight difference. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s is short for it is, and the apostrophe replaces the missing i in is. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet by contrast to the versatile apostrophe, they are stolid little chaps, to say the least. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point, and the pun is very much intended. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Indeed, it is to the credit of the apostrophe that it can manage the task. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Why use the apostrophe with a single letter? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope that by now you are already feeling sorry for the apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z So what are the jobs an apostrophe currently has on its CV? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z It is time to confess that I have for many years struggled with one of the lesser rules of the apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z But it was interesting, once I started to analyse and sort the examples, to discover that the greengrocer’s apostrophe formed just one depressing category of the overall, total, mind-bogglingly depressing misuse of the apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z My thoughts would compel utterance; and there, with no audience but the Almighty, I would pour out my soul’s complaint, in my rude way, with an apostrophe to the moving multitude of ships:— Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process similar to the stages of bereavement, though gready accelerated. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z They go wrong when they assume that a word with an apostrophe must be a possessive, like Bertie’s aunt. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We may all be getting a little sick and tired of the apostrophe by now, so I’ll just get a couple more things off my chest. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z In Maya, the glottal stop is indicated by an apostrophe, as in Ich'aak. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If I did not believe that everyone is capable of understanding where an apostrophe goes, I would not be writing this book. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Yet awkard and inconvenient though it may be, the apostrophe has ultimately won a small stay of execution. Not without our apostrophes! 2013-03-29T19:50:00Z I support the correctly used apostrophe with that kind of fierce emotional investment in an irrelevance that most people reserve for football. David Mitchell 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z To play, click the space between or after letters to insert an apostrophe. Celebrate National Punctuation Day With Our Apostrophe Quiz 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Members of the Mid Devon District’s local council must have assumed most people fall into the former category – especially when the world is becoming an increasingly hostile environment for apostrophes. Not without our apostrophes! 2013-03-29T19:50:00Z So lunch means a different kind of tuna salad for each of them, and a highly entertaining debate about apostrophe usage. Jack Reacher Is Still Restless. But His Creator Has Settled Down. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Coincidentally, many of the earliest typewriters did not include a specialized key for the exclamation point, and the endeavor to sound animated required three strokes: an apostrophe, a backspace and a period. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z Nothing, but nothing—profanity, transgender pronouns, apostrophe abuse—excites the passion of grammar geeks more than the serial, or Oxford, comma. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z According to a spokesman for the brand itself, Copeland simply joked that he “couldn’t afford” the apostrophe. How did Popeyes get its name? (And no, it wasn't named after Popeye the Sailor) 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z That’s what I do when my surname appears in print in the possessive with “the lone apostrophe,” as someone on Twitter called it. Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z What she cherishes about the apostrophe, she says, is how "that little flying comma gentles life along". Radio review: The Greengrocer's Apostrophe 2010-10-01T07:20:00Z Among the diverse joys embraced are misplaced apostrophes, coffee drinking rituals, belly-slapping in the shower, the specifics of biscuits in Mike Leigh films, and an erotic passage on sharpening pencils. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z Onetime David had the matte knife and he said, “Has anybody seen a reverse apostrophe?” Paper Magazine, the Oral History: ‘They Were Wide Open’ 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z People were invited to weigh in, and Twitter was possessed with the possessive—or at least with the “S” following the apostrophe to form the possessive of a noun ending in a sibilant. Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The passionate apostrophe at the poem's beginning is what moves us, and draws us in, but something else keeps us reading, something less dramatic and more truthful, almost matter-of-fact. Poem of the week: Poem by John Cornford 2010-10-25T09:06:00Z Times this week, Henry Chu pointed out the wily-nilly way the apostrophe is already applied in England – Why is it Earl’s Court but Barons? Not without our apostrophes! 2013-03-29T19:50:00Z At Salon, we put apostrophes in contractions and capitalize proper nouns. Falling into monogamy 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That's the problem with following rules – such as the rule that possessives are distinguished from plurals by an apostrophe – sometimes they don't apply. Grammar rules everyone should follow 2013-05-09T13:56:00Z Des was less sure if he would send this letter to the Morning Lark's Page 3 Stunna Agony Aunt than he was about whether he needed help from Mart with his apostrophes. Digested read: Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis 2012-06-10T18:00:02Z Any hint of darkness is banished in the cheery apostrophe of the last two lines. Poem of the week: School's Out by WH Davies 2010-03-29T10:09:00Z I feel that I want to make my work clean – the fewer apostrophes and uses of punctuation the better. James Kelman 2012-07-29T19:00:01Z The title of Da Corte’s show adds an apostrophe to Arthur Rimbaud’s “A Season in Hell,” a Symbolist prose poem written in the midst of his tumultuous, volatile relationship with fellow poet Paul Verlaine. Alex Da Corte set Pop aflame at Art + Practice 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z In the end, the possessive apostrophe “S” following a sibilant is a matter of personal preference and professional judgment. Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Maybe, in hindsight crystal clear, the title’s annoying apostrophe should have been a clue to its ambitions. Review: Familiar Rock Dreams in ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together’ 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The apostrophe has been missing since time immemorial. Baz Luhrmann on The Great Gatsby: 'Fitzgerald was a clown, just like I am' 2013-05-16T18:30:01Z But I don’t care for the apostrophe: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance suggests that he is annexing the rest of American modern dance. Critic’s Notebook: Paul Taylor Dance Company Will Showcase Other Choreographers 2014-03-25T21:32:14Z The abuse of the apostrophe by nitwits has been going on for quite some time. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Pickin’ up where the Apostrophe Protection Society left off 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z What made her flip, she said, was how the woman used her absolute favourite, "the sweet apostrophe of possession". Radio review: The Greengrocer's Apostrophe 2010-10-01T07:20:00Z The following apostrophe, to "My balance", is indicative. Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z Johnny bungled up the order form, hence the bonus apostrophe S’s and the last four numbers of his credit card number being engraved on the rock. Seattle’s ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Rosebud Motel is back on Queen Anne — with new additions 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Commas turned into apostrophes; jive talk collided with standard English; words were underlined all over. Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Those misplaced apostrophes tore at my heart like orphan children, blessed like the first timid snowdrops of February, sparkled like a dusting of precious stones. Embracing the Ordinary by Michael Foley - review 2012-07-18T07:00:02Z ‘Potato’s,’ with an apostrophe ‘S,’ ” he offered, as an example of the kind of thing that drives some people batty, “but you ask them, ‘Why are you so upset?’ A History of Punctuation for the Internet Age 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Occasionally, there's an artful connection between the parenthetical line and the preceding apostrophe. Poem of the week: A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months by Thomas Hood 2010-06-22T09:36:00Z A final note: the film’s title drops the apostrophe in Ka’iulani — so that strictly speaking, “Princess Kaiulani” seems to refer to the Waikiki hotel rather than to the princess herself. | 'Princess Kaiulan': Q?orianka Kilcher Stars in Tale of Hawaiian History 2010-05-13T23:12:00Z But the only other glitch thus far was that the site wouldn’t let users with names like O’Malley include apostrophes. Props warrior Sierra Banack is ready to help a new guild with ‘Warcraft’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s hard not to adore Molly when she carefully inserts missing apostrophes into the graffiti in the toilet stalls. Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Everyone said we didn’t belong in LA’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Couples Retreat is missing an apostrophe, but actually? Rogue colons, endless ellipses: the worst grammar crimes in film titles 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Upon discovering the apostrophe in front of the word ’hood, I was overcome and placed the novel down. When You Hate Your Neighbor, and Then Your Kids Start Dating 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The story “Collaboration With Fly” consists of a single sentence: “I put that word on the page, but he added the apostrophe.” Lydia Davis Loved Learning the Word ‘Look.’ These Essays Show Why. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z I cringe every time I see the misplaced apostrophe, and for 10 years I've been biting my tongue, not wanting to insult my boss's wife. Perspective | Miss Manners: Time for exec’s assistant to fix grammatical error 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Closer to home, I chowed down on Bristol Bay sockeye, a terrific salmon burger offered at lunch at Hill's -- a bustling Richmond Beach bistro that keeps changing its apostrophe. I'm wild about Northwest salmon. And you? 2010-06-11T06:01:00Z Chillingly, the council went so far as to propose, “All punctuation, including apostrophes, shall be avoided.” Not without our apostrophes! 2013-03-29T19:50:00Z So I would like to mention, for the sake of readers who did not see your original letter, that you used no apostrophes with your contractions and you did not capitalize words such as “I.” Falling into monogamy 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So what if she despoiled my name with a misplaced apostrophe and her hyphenating was lax at best? I’m a self-publishing failure 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A similarly sombre mood shadows the third poem, the most fully rhymed of the sequence, with its opening apostrophe, "Wanderer". Poem of the week: Schubertiad by Fiona Sampson 2010-08-02T10:49:00Z By this she did not mean something Lynne Trussy – the odd misplaced apostrophe or split infinitive – but substantial errors in form, style, continuity, and judgment that she regularly encountered in novels from respectable publishing houses. The importance of good editing 2012-06-14T14:04:47Z As “Giants” is plural, it would not need the extra “S”; in this case, it could even do without the apostrophe. Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The new additions cannot include abbreviations, capitalized words or words containing hyphens or apostrophes. You Can Play ‘Sheeple’ in Scrabble Now. Over 300 Other New Words, Too. 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z If you can get past the blatant misuse of ellipses, capitalization, apostrophes and text-speak, it is an entertaining, and sometimes fascinating, read. Does he like me? 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z "Beautiful apostrophe," I said, admiring the curly punctuation mark in Katz's name. 100 years of neon 2011-08-27T23:05:03Z And while some grammarians may cry most foul, others are calling for the apostrophe’s dumb round head. Five Ways Punctuation Is Changing! 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z That said, there’s still one question surrounding the chain’s name: Why isn’t there an apostrophe? How did Popeyes get its name? (And no, it wasn't named after Popeye the Sailor) 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z In that apostrophe to the Blessed Virgin, from his autobiography, Merton wrote of his departure from England: The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z If you change your mind, just click the apostrophe to remove it. Celebrate National Punctuation Day With Our Apostrophe Quiz 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Misuse or omission of the apostrophe seldom confuses meaning and its extinction would do no real harm and is probably inevitable. David Mitchell 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z The rules governing the use of the apostrophe in forming the possessive are simple. Comma Queen: Possessed 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z But even these apostrophes are upstaged by repeated on-screen plugs for the the lingerie company Urban Fox. Review: Stay Away from the Horns of This Dilemma 2011-01-13T23:10:00Z The world needs snakes more than it needs apostrophes. David Mitchell 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Meanwhile there's no counterbalancing evidence that correctly applied apostrophes keep comma numbers down, or that the grocer's ones encourage pesky hyphens. David Mitchell 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z “But the apostrophe in Girls’ Night In exists because I’ve always viewed it as a shared experience.” Meet the woman who is turning the joy of missing out into a business 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z In the end they name their Mexican restaurant after the capital of Venezuela, with an apostrophe for good measure. TV review: The Glee Project; The Apprentice 2011-07-13T21:04:00Z Almost everyone is guilty of the occasional greengrocer's apostrophe. Grammar rules everyone should follow 2013-05-09T13:56:00Z "Yours the face" introduces a stylistic bridge-passage, allowing the poem to modulate from apostrophe to reminiscence, from an abbreviated to a more expansive syntax. Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z The apostrophe is losing steam in some circles. Five Ways Punctuation Is Changing! 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z We made absolutely clear we wouldn’t accept any policy that does away with apostrophes or indeed any other punctuation marks. Not without our apostrophes! 2013-03-29T19:50:00Z Strunk and White kept it simple: form the possessive of singular nouns by adding an apostrophe plus “S.” Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z You know that drug dealer who keeps money in his freezer and doesn’t know where to put apostrophes? Date him. How to actually “marry smart” 2014-03-11T23:00:00Z On my first day on set on “Mad Men,” I had to do another take because I’d left out an apostrophe. He's been a king, chemist and ad exec. But Jared Harris wouldn't mind more physical roles, too 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z It said in its petition for Supreme Court review that it included a distinctive pattern of curly and straight apostrophes in transcriptions for some new songs that spelled out 'RED HANDED' in Morse code. US Supreme Court lets Google win stand against Genius suit over song lyrics 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Coe, the biographer, said Washington would have been happy to celebrate his birthday with other presidents, apostrophe or not. How One President’s Day Became Presidents’ Day 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z On the subject of possessive apostrophes, our stylebook stipulates: “Use ‘s to form the possessive of singular nouns, proper names and nicknames ending in a sounded s: Lucas’s new movie, the boss’s secretary …” Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z It was a “DON’T PARK” sign with the apostrophe missing. Perspective | The name games: Readers share unusual nickname stories 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z In its first incarnations, D&D’s guides were published with apostrophes absent from their titles, because apostrophes were considered ugly and uncool. Review | Dungeons & Dragons: How the company behind the iconic game lost its way 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Note that one of each group is a contraction: two words shortened and joined by an apostrophe. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The plaintiffs say data entry errors or differences as minor as a missing hyphen or apostrophe can trigger a non-match and that naturalized citizens can also be wrongly flagged as noncitizens if records are outdated. Abrams-backed election lawsuit goes to trial in Georgia 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z It clarifies: “But use the apostrophe alone for Jesus’ and for ancient and biblical proper names of more than one syllable ending in -es: Demosthenes’ orations, Xerxes’ conquests, Jesus’ birth.” Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The correct apostrophe later and perplexingly vanished from the name. Southern California has given the world so much. And fast food too 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z If a letter has been removed from a word, you replace it with an apostrophe, or what looks like a single close-quote mark — basically, a number 9. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z At some point in the 1970s, its name lost the apostrophe used by its lesser sisters. Take a trip through the magnificent department stores of old L.A. 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “It’s fine to attack Marjorie Taylor Greene for racism, but apostrophes? It’s a waste of time.” What ‘your’ vs. ‘you’re’ says about Congress right now 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “In written English, especially when it’s a name that ends in s and it’s a polysyllabic name, you could add the apostrophe s, if you are really a stickler for the rules,” she said. Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Children with an apostrophe in their first or last names all had their cards deactivated Monday by a processing partner, the Mississippi Department of Human Services said in a news release. Mississippi: 14K pandemic food cards mistakenly deactivated 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s usually apostrophes that people get wrong — or leave out entirely. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z One was the now-extinct Zodys chain — what is it with store names and the elusive apostrophe? — with a branch on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Take a trip through the magnificent department stores of old L.A. 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z A missing apostrophe in a Facebook post could cost a real estate agent in Australia tens of thousands of dollars after a court ruled a defamation case against him could proceed. Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “I would anticipate that regardless of whether an apostrophe is there or not, people would not pronounce the extra syllable,” Coleman said. Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Blomberg admits that over the years, she’s flirted with the idea of dropping the apostrophe from the name of Magnolia’s Bookstore. For 30 years, Magnolia’s Bookstore has stayed steadfast in one of Seattle’s most isolated neighborhoods 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z There, the problem is usually with apostrophes that signal letters have been removed. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The first time I flashed a custom layout onto the keyboard, I immediately realized that I forgot to add an apostrophe key, which is kind of an important one in my work. ZSA’s Moonlander Mark I is the ultimate customizable ergonomic keyboard 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Legal experts say the case of the missing apostrophe is far from surprising in Australia, which has a complex web of defamation laws and a history of awarding plaintiffs large sums of money. Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z And the version of the sign that had the apostrophe above the S? Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z But that apostrophe is deeply relevant to the shop’s mission. For 30 years, Magnolia’s Bookstore has stayed steadfast in one of Seattle’s most isolated neighborhoods 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z He was particularly dismayed when several English towns, ostensibly to facilitate the use of GPS devices, eliminated apostrophes from the official names of streets and other landmarks, producing such abominations as “St. Pauls Square.” John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Last year, in a particularly cringe-worthy commemoration of International Women's Day, one Shell gas station run by two women temporarily added an apostrophe to its logo, becoming She'll. Oil companies want you to think they’re feminist. It’s BS 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Court documents suggest that Mr. Zadravic appeared to have meant to add an apostrophe. Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “What makes my job so much fun is that people do care about whether Bojangles has an apostrophe or not,” said Woodward. Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Then, someone insisted that was wrong, so she taped over the “e” and added an apostrophe. Perspective | At the end of an isolating year, even the embarrassing, frustrating, weird parts of family gatherings feel missed 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z He had perhaps first detected its death rattle when he suggested to a restaurateur the removal of the apostrophe in a sign advertising the sale of “coffee’s.” John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Hannity’s mistake follows a correction last month to Donald Trump Jr’s forthcoming book Liberal Privilege, which misused an apostrophe in its subtitle. Sean Hannity removes 'gobbledygook' Latin motto from book cover 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Though the dispute in the case of the Facebook post by the real estate agent turns on a missing apostrophe, for others, misusing the punctuation is, in fact, tantamount to a crime. Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z You will notice I didn’t use an apostrophe just there. Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Similarly, I very often hit enter when I meant to hit the adjacent apostrophe key. Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: this has no business costing so little 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z “But the man said: ‘I think it looks better with an apostrophe.’ John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z In Agave’s case, some drinks were listed with apostrophes — masking terms such as margarita and mojito from search. The new speakeasy: Uber Eats has turned into a rogue cocktail bar 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The misuse of an apostrophe can have an outsized impact. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The site employed a watermarking trick using alternating straight and curved apostrophes to prove Google was using its lyrics instead of generating its own. Genius sues Google over allegedly stolen song lyrics 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Well, Richards became famous in 2001, when he began posting polite notices through the letterboxes of apostrophe abusers, “drawing your attention to an incorrect use which has been pointed out to us”. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Richards’s efforts in behalf of the apostrophe did not go without recognition. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Instead, he has said, the apostrophe was a typo and he meant for the tweet to refer to both Podesta and his lobbyist brother, Tony. A conspiracy of hunches: Roger Stone trial set to start this week 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z "It stirred up a real interest in the apostrophe," says Petelin, who says she received "hundreds" of messages on the apostrophe society after its closure, most proclaiming its lasting importance. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z I’m not sure that his name would find favour with the apostrophe police, but that won’t matter if he delivers the goods. Breeders' Cup 2019: day one – live! 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z We therefore end up with “the dogs bark” and “the dog’s bark”, where the apostrophe denotes the missing letter e that was once part of the possessive “es” in Old English. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z A former copy editor fought to defend the apostrophe. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Typing words with apostrophes takes a little practice. This iPad mini keyboard makes for a surprisingly great tiny laptop 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z "Its correct use avoids bewilderment, confusion, consternation, and irritation to readers who know and love the apostrophe, as I do," she wrote for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation last year. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z An apostrophe is all it takes to win this particular political battle. How an apostrophe meant an extra holiday in Ghana 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z That apostrophe denotes a missing “i” for “it is”. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Nor did they need to be admonished that the apostrophe should not be used to make a singular noun plural. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Farrar struggled at first on the SAT questions testing a student’s knowledge of commas, semicolons and apostrophes. These Baltimore teens’ summer job: Boosting their SAT scores 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z "I see no need for an apostrophe society," says Anne Curzan, an English professor and dean of literature, science and arts at the University of Michigan. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z This new holiday in our national calendar has been achieved simply by the power of an apostrophe. How an apostrophe meant an extra holiday in Ghana 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z After a long and brave battle against apostrophe abuse and other common English usage errors, the APS has disbanded. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z One self-described nocturnal “vigilante” traipsed across Bristol, England, correcting errant apostrophes on street signs and in store windows under the cloak of darkness. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The issue involved two slightly different spellings of the same name, such as a surname having an apostrophe in one ballot and not in the other. Washington goes into Tuesday’s primary with new elections system, same-day registration 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z To Curzan, self-styled apostrophe police can have a more harmful impact than simply improving grammar. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z That's because even if we didn't know it before, we now know that the placing of an apostrophe can make a lot of difference. How an apostrophe meant an extra holiday in Ghana 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Mid Devon district council followed Birmingham’s example by removing possessive apostrophes from its street signs in 2013. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z More irritating to Mr. Richards than the misuse of the apostrophe was its omission, the careless way in which the little squiggle was so often tossed to the wind. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z I remember the blustery Mother’s Day she led me up the flight of outdoor stairs to this 230-square-foot apostrophe on the top floor in the way back. Reading Nook: Like others before him, Christopher Castellani found a welcoming haven in Provincetown 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z A man who led the war on improper use of apostrophes now admits defeat, saying his grammar vigilante campaign has been brought to an end by a culture of carelessness. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Simply by moving the apostrophe from before the "s" to after the "s", we've moved from Founder's Day - one person - to Founders' Day - a collective. How an apostrophe meant an extra holiday in Ghana 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z He even had some success at his local library, which finally removed the apostrophe from its “CD’s” sign. The pedants’ pedant: why the Apostrophe Protection Society has closed in disgust 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “Because there seems to be some doubt about the use of the apostrophe, we are taking the liberty of drawing your attention to an incorrect use.” John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Google is caught in the middle of a song lyric dispute Genius theorized that other companies were copying its lyrics, so it began watermarking them by using a special formatting sequence for apostrophes. Google will cite where its song lyrics come from following Genius dispute 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Richards founded The Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 to defend the "much abused punctuation mark", waging war against advertisements for "ladies fashions", or the much maligned grocer's apostrophe, used to sell apple's and pear's. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Addressing the potentially illegal nature of his mission in a BBC report, he said: “It’s more of a crime that the apostrophe is wrong in the first place”. Language wars: the 19 greatest linguistic spats of all time 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Some Taylor Swift fans are upset over a misplaced apostrophe on the singer’s merchandise after someone noticed the typo and posted it on social media. Taylor Swift merchandise mistake sets Twitter ablaze: ‘A typo isn’t a cute Easter egg’ 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Hand-wringing discussions about the demise of the apostrophe prompted some debaters to argue that, as a punctuation mark, it had never mattered much, anyway. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The name of the magazine was eventually shortened to Bride’s, and the apostrophe fell off in 2005. Condé Nast Sells Brides Magazine to Barry Diller’s Dotdash 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Richards' own pursuit of the apostrophe's proper use saw similar setbacks, with municipalities in the UK, Australia and the US banning apostrophes from street signs - a decision Richards branded "absurd". Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The UN ambassador later joked about her inaccurate inking, tweeting: "Fake tattoo proofreading position available. Experience with apostrophes a must." Famous spelling errors from Trump to Nasa 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z However, on the shirt, the apostrophe is placed after the “R,” and erroneously says “your’e,” according to the picture. Taylor Swift merchandise mistake sets Twitter ablaze: ‘A typo isn’t a cute Easter egg’ 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z For all the society’s efforts, misuse of the apostrophe proliferated, especially as texting became a primary form of communication and punctuation increasingly went the way of capitalization. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Australian journalist Tiger Webb recently wrote an entire piece advocating the abolition of the apostrophe, in which it was characterised as “the hoity toity squiggle”. Don't ditch the adverb, the emoji of writing | Gary Nunn 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But Petelin, like Richards, is a staunch defender of the apostrophe as "the 27th letter of the alphabet", necessary for clear communication. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z When it arrived, I was already constructing a thread that ran from the early Walker Brothers’ sumptuous Scott-penned Archangel through to Sleepwalkers Woman – with its Joycean missing apostrophe – to Clara and on. Eimear McBride: 'Scott Walker was capable of touching the universal' 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Many of these new poems address that great muzzled interlocutor “America,” echoing Allen Ginsberg’s famous apostrophe. Shane McCrae’s Poems to America 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In an interview, she noted that in the roughly five centuries since the apostrophe was introduced, no consistent set of rules has governed its use. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z A man better known for the apostrophe at the end of his name. Premier League news, transfer window fallout, weather and more – live! 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z And the apostrophe, perhaps more than any other punctuation mark, has long claimed devoted disciplines, including the self-proclaimed Grammar Vigilante of Bristol. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Speaking of which, have you ever noticed how often news channel chyrons use a single open quote mark rather than an apostrophe? Perspective | Some of us love to read. You got a problem with that? 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z He had to explain over the phone where the apostrophes went. Pete Shelley on making Buzzcocks' masterpiece Ever Fallen in Love 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Even Shakespeare and Benjamin Franklin, according to Merriam-Webster, at times used the apostrophe “willy-nilly.” John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The tendency towards Romantic idealisation is perhaps signalled here in the opening apostrophe, and the moral vocabulary or implications in the diction: honesty, fellowship, the value of trust. Poem of the week: Written at an Inn at Henley by William Shenstone 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z But, "the apostrophe is slippery and has been its entire life in English". Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z He brought up his study of Latin and how that language tells us to express possession either with the “of” construction or with an apostrophe and s. This grammar guru may solve the world’s problems 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The lesson of “Bisbee ’17,” signaled by that sly apostrophe in its title, is that the past is never really past. Review: Robert Greene's ‘Bisbee '17’ hauntingly explores the memory of a small-town tragedy - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The apostrophe, they contended, packed little to no meaning that was not already obvious in the context of a sentence. John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The vote to officially add the apostrophe was proposed by Councillor Sue James, and received unanimous support from the council. Council adds apostrophe to Land's End 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z And both experts agree that the use of the apostrophe - like all punctuation - can be tricky. Do apostrophe's still matter? 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The tweet, his lawyer said, contained a grammatical error — the apostrophe. Roger Stone Says He Had Little Contact With Manafort Deputy 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The actress wrote on Twitter: "Fake proofreading position available. Experience with apostrophes a must." Emma Watson jokes about tattoo mistake 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z This decision was greeted with derision and online petitions calling for the apostrophes to be abandoned. Kazakhstan changes its alphabet - again 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The modified Latin alphabet put forward by Mr. Nazarbayev uses apostrophes to elongate or modify the sounds of certain letters. Kazakhstan Cheers New Alphabet, Except for All Those Apostrophes 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Fortunately it's just a missing apostrophe, which doesn't alter the intent. Just Tuning In to New York’s Elections? Here’s a Rundown of the Races 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z In theory, that is what the new alphabet does, with the help of all those apostrophes. Kazakhstan wants Kazakh written in Latin, not Cyrillic script 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z I am still totally confused by that apostrophe at the end of liddle. The Internet Doesn't Know What to Make of Trump Calling Bob Corker 'Liddle' 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z As well as saving users repetitively pressing apostrophes, the new system also means that the letters a', g', n', o', u', y' will disappear from the language. Kazakhstan changes its alphabet - again 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z For example, the letter “I” with an apostrophe designates roughly the same sound as the “I” in Fiji, while “I” on its own sounds like the vowel in fig. Kazakhstan Cheers New Alphabet, Except for All Those Apostrophes 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z My name with an apostrophe D. Because you’ve got them being told to cease and desist. Transcript: Interview with Hillary Clinton 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z And to copy editors like myself, an interesting factoid is that when the tower became a national monument in 1906, the apostrophe was lost, and hence, we now know of it as “Devils Tower.” TRAVEL: Wyoming, Montana wonders Devils Tower, Little Bighorn bear history of U.S., American Indians 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z His placement of the apostrophe after the “s” in “Poets” - indicating the place belonged to all poets, not just one - was a subtle invitation, and other vagabonds began to show up. Hundreds write poetry at Poet’s Table in South Dakota 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z “So why aren’t the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes & Russia relations,” he wrote, omitting an apostrophe. With the Trump White House, a New Bar for Outrage 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Except that when you do, for some reason, the apostrophe key on external keyboards stops working. 8 tips for being productive on the iPad with iOS 10 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z He says the real crime is putting apostrophes in the wrong places to begin with. Urban myth proves true: Grammar vigilante is fixing UK signs 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z “This is a device that enables you to plant an apostrophe quite high up and get over any obstacles,” he said. 'Banksy of punctuation' puts full stop to bad grammar in Bristol 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Next, she unscrewed a mascara brush from its little cylinder and swept the inky corkscrew across her eyelashes, turning them from tiny apostrophes into long exclamation points. Perspective | After a very long migration, the penguins have returned to Silver Spring 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z I found the predictive typing on the iPad filled in most of the apostrophes for me. Tech review: Tri-folding portable keyboard is just your type of accessory 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Her chestnut hair is thinner now, but she still has those killer cheekbones and the cutest dimple — like an apostrophe — on just one side of her smile. I asked for the honeymoon suite. We got chemo bay No. 8 in the cancer annex 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z McCarthy writes in an unrelenting, declamatory prose somewhere between the Bible and late Beckett, stripped for the most part of the adornment of apostrophes and speech marks and the breathing space provided by commas. Five of the best climate-change novels 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z In addition, the use of the apostrophe demonstrates our education.” If you could say one thing about Washington, what would it be? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z A Cambridge council spokesperson rued the day the authority followed a “bureaucratic guideline” to cut apostrophes from place names for “clarity”. This place ain’t what it used to be – the politics of geographical names 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Typing “don’t” would autocorrect to “don’t” all by itself, which eliminated the need for me to hunt for the keyboard combination that will type the apostrophe. Tech review: Tri-folding portable keyboard is just your type of accessory 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z But because of the phrasing, he had left off the apostrophe before “promoting.” How to Write Like Antonin Scalia 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Some critics also pointed to the lack of an apostrophe in “nations”, and others remarked that the “has” in “has been ordained” should in fact have been a “have”. Texas Republican party inadvertently suggests most Texans are gay 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z An apostrophe goes here or a word is spelled wrong there, he said. Cartoonist Fired From Farm News for Pro-Farmer Cartoon 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The council later revoked the decision and apostrophes were restored. This place ain’t what it used to be – the politics of geographical names 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Remember: don’t put an apostrophe in “its” unless you mean “it is”. Wait … is that a rule? Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The Century Club would not approve of that apostrophe... New York Today: No Bed of Roses 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Faulkner, on the other hand, employs semicolons, apostrophes, and thousands of commas in his work, creating lengthy run-on passages nested inside complex arrangements of punctuation. See how novels look without words 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Only a few days ago, this newspaper, with a sports staff largely populated by Wolverines, flubbed Dantonio’s name by introducing an errant apostrophe, as in “D’Antonio”. The Curse of Michigan’s Other School 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The great Polynesian diaspora has given us surnames chock-full of As, Us and apostrophes, limbs swathed in tribal tattoos, and legions of God-fearing belters, carting it up hard, all high knees at speed. Jonah Lomu shocked the world as the first genuine global rugby superstar | Matt Cleary 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Things get difficult with possessive apostrophes only because style guides differ on how to form the possessive when singular nouns end in “s”. Wait … is that a rule? Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The Century Club would not approve of that apostrophe... New York Today: No Bed of Roses 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Along the way, there were marks that didn’t make it, rules that got thrown out and opinions so violent that men have been brought before judges to account for their apostrophes. 7 Things You—Probably?—Didn't Understand About Punctuation!!!! 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z More masterfully sculptural than the comma/apostrophe of my student days, any of these pieces, designed for Italian brand Cassina, would give my apartment Ronchampian élan. My Trip to Ronchamp: New Designs Inspired by Le Corbusier’s Iconic Chapel 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z She was an apostrophe obsessive, Friend says, who would correct bad grammar on the village grocer’s blackboard. Rupert Friend: I thought acting wasn’t for me 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z The Good Copy is holding Greatest ’its – an apostrophe workshop – at the NGV Melbourne Art Book Fair on Saturday 30 April; their grammar school is called Stop. Wait … is that a rule? Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z We say apostrophe with four syllables, as though that was the Greek word. The Vocabularist: The peculiar names of punctuation marks - BBC News 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z This one confuses a lot of people, mainly due to the apostrophe, which typically symbolizes possession. 6 Common Grammatical Errors and How to Correct Them 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But the vision is very much Weller’s, right down to the absence of an apostrophe in the title - he says it just didn’t look right. Paul Weller heads across the universe on ‘Saturns Pattern’ 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z But the vision is very much Weller's, right down to the absence of an apostrophe in the title — he says it just didn't look right. Paul Weller heads across the universe on 'Saturns Pattern' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Williams & Glyn's, as it was formerly known with an apostrophe, was a small business and retail bank, mainly based in the north of England. Williams & Glyn sale assessed by competition regulators - BBC News 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z But the punctuation mark was called "apostrophos" - our word apostrophe is the French version of it. The Vocabularist: The peculiar names of punctuation marks - BBC News 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z If you look at the two terms, literally, there is only four letters and an apostrophe difference between them. Customer Experience Versus The Customer's Experience: Is There A Difference? 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z And when you read that George Bernard Shaw once dismissed apostrophes as “uncouth bacilli,” it’s hard to disagree. Most writers love words. This one loves letters. 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr Daniel said it had been "political correctness gone mad" to remove the sign, which does not have an apostrophe. Boycott call over town's Hitler sign 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Queen Victoria’s prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, the baptized son of Isaac D’Israeli, “lost an apostrophe but gained an empire.” Book review: ‘Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?’ by Richard Cohen Its headline read, “Happy Halloween’s Start at Waldbaum’s,” showing that apostrophe abuse isn’t a function of declining educational standards or the Internet era. Halloween Candy Has Gotten Cheaper 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Bold in the sense that it contains two apostrophes and tells you nothing. Ian Martin on Labour: ‘I can’t remember a more spineless opposition’ 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Of course, the errant apostrophe and mangling of “you’re” and “your” used to make me wince. So your a pedant? It's nothing to be proud of 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z With or without an apostrophe before the final s? Lesser-known things about Asperger's syndrome 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z There were others who referred to her dismissively as "the apostrophe" and complained that she exercised too great an influence over Jagger's decisions. L'Wren Scott: the mysterious suicide of Mick Jagger's girlfriend 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z In Eto’o’s favour, aside from a name able to wear an apostrophe, is the ability to score, even in his dotage, against teams with actual defenders. Football transfer rumours: Samuel Eto’o to sign for Arsenal? 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z When a similar ban on apostrophes was introduced in Devon there were protests, but officials defended the action by claiming it was intended to avoid confusion. Celebrity name ban plan for streets 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Still no word on what happened to the apostrophe/g in “Morphin.” It’s Morphing Time: Power Rangers Heads to the Big Screen 2014-05-07T14:48:32Z Giant blocks from the video game Tetris spelled the word Impossible high above the audience... ...before an extra block appeared as an apostrophe and changed the meaning to I'm Possible! Pictures: Winter Paralympics closing ceremony in Sochi 2014-03-17T07:23:51Z There is even an ongoing discussion about whether Nakamoto is in fact British, after his skilled use of apostrophes and the Oxford comma. The Satoshi Scoop 2014-03-07T12:36:11Z “Clyde is so cool, he doesn’t even use apostrophes,” Josh noted. Chat & Chow: At Clyde Frazier’s Wine and Dine, True Fans Watch the Knicks 2014-02-27T22:36:04Z "You don't expect a school leader to be told to put the apostrophe in the right place, or the capital letters in the right place, or that they need to get the school name right." School head applicants 'can't spell' 2014-01-27T13:27:39Z But it's not always advisable to advertise just how important apostrophe usage is to you. 20 online dating cliches - and what they really mean 2014-01-07T00:31:18Z In his title he poses the rhetorical question of whether apostrophes are necessary, and in his subtitle he provides an answer: “Not really, no.” Happy Punctuation Day! Let's Kill the Apostrophe 2013-09-24T21:35:23Z Obviously in the content of the website, I will put apostrophes in. Apprentice star defends grammar move 2013-08-23T01:39:14Z But is it OK to judge on apostrophes? The Loop: Floral swim caps and kissed biceps 2013-05-17T15:16:54Z For instance, the apostrophe should be defended at all costs, he says. The people who hate other people's bad grammar 2013-05-13T08:58:14Z The apostrophe has been banished, and we now know that Bryan "delivered" those speeches. Is Texting Killing the English Language? 2013-04-25T09:45:59Z Teenagers, according to anecdotes at least, hardly view the apostrophe as an important part of their keyboard. Happy Punctuation Day! Let's Kill the Apostrophe 2013-09-24T21:35:23Z What if she misuses an apostrophe in her next post? Fake Facebook girlfriends: what's not to like? 2013-04-05T15:00:01Z McIlroy teed up his ball -- with the logos longwise and on the sides, so that they resembled apostrophes -- then threatened it with 440 cubic centimeters of red clubhead. Life In The Big Pool 2013-04-02T04:00:00Z He was against the decision by bookseller Waterstones to drop its apostrophe. The people who hate other people's bad grammar 2013-05-13T08:58:14Z Meanwhile your attitude to apostrophes seems to be to throw a handful in the air and just see where they land. Christmas round-robin letters: The revenge 2012-12-22T02:38:15Z The notion of keeping the apostrophe around isn’t nearly as interesting as considering its demise, of course. Happy Punctuation Day! Let's Kill the Apostrophe 2013-09-24T21:35:23Z “The most significant elements, the lowercase font and the apostrophe slicer icon, are details that communicate our point of differentiation, that we freshly slice meats daily in our restaurants.” What Do Pro Designers Think of Arby's New Logo? 2012-10-04T16:30:55Z The apostrophe is a catastrophe, a punctuation abomination. On the road: Kia cee'd GDI 2012-08-24T21:59:10Z The rules of English grammar are often murky and can be ambiguous, such as in the case of King's Cross, which is written with and without an apostrophe, he argues. The people who hate other people's bad grammar 2013-05-13T08:58:14Z A small thing, the plural possessive apostrophe, but I'm surprised the new passion for grammatical correctness has passed you by! Christmas round-robin letters: The revenge 2012-12-22T02:38:15Z But changes to standards as widespread as apostrophe use won’t happen quickly. Happy Punctuation Day! Let's Kill the Apostrophe 2013-09-24T21:35:23Z Among his most memorable quotes was "A man who will misuse an apostrophe is capable of anything" and "I grew up speaking Hiberno English: English woven on a Gaelic loom." Con Houlihan, Ireland's premier sportwriter, dies at 86 2012-08-06T10:50:00Z Children will be tested on the proper use of apostrophes and the difference between nouns, verbs and adjectives. New grammar test for schools 2012-07-06T06:49:43Z As is the grocer's apostrophe, so-called for its frequent appearance in fruit and veg shops advertising apple's, pear's and sundry other green's. The people who hate other people's bad grammar 2013-05-13T08:58:14Z The nearest Metro station is St James without an apostrophe, and maybe without trains too if the current industrial dispute persists. Olympic torch route, day 28: Newcastle puts some zip into the festivities 2012-06-15T06:00:01Z “Trend lines don’t look all that promising for the long-term security of apostrophes as a standard in written English,” wrote Slate’s Matthew Malady, noting that the England-based Apostrophe Protection Society is on high alert. Happy Punctuation Day! Let's Kill the Apostrophe 2013-09-24T21:35:23Z Just as controversially, at least in literary circles, he also dropped the apostrophe from the shop's name. James Daunt: the bibliophile who means business 2012-05-26T23:06:18Z The apostrophe of Nature to mankind immediately suggests the spirit as well as the language of Lucretius. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z On the other hand, correct use of apostrophes was appealing. The people who hate other people's bad grammar 2013-05-13T08:58:14Z Could you please add an apostrophe to the possessive form? SchoolBook: Independent Report Gives Mixed Scores to City Schools' Letter Grades 2012-04-12T17:16:41Z One of the finest and one of the most frequently quoted passages in modern English literature is Newman's touching and noble apostrophe to England's "Saxon Bible." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Sea!——but what avails apostrophes?——with all your elements, wet or dry, ye never compounded so intoxicating a draught. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z —I have always understood Byron's apostrophe "Son of the morning, rise! approach you here!" to be merely an appeal to one of the Orientals who then ruled in that region. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-15T02:00:34.113Z James Lane Allen, amid his apostrophes to the Hemp plant, has given us some beautiful glimpses of Apple trees and his love for them. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Presidents’ Day, the inaptly named holiday with a fickle apostrophe, came and went, as ever, with New Yorkers ignoring it other than perhaps to go shopping. City Room: A Presidential Tour, From Wall Street to 109th Street 2012-02-21T12:30:14Z He indulged in an apostrophe to Paris that reminded Stainton of some of the orations he had read as having been delivered in the councils of the First Republic. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z The text consists chiefly of Death’s apostrophe to his victims, with their remonstrances, verses under each subject, and various other matters. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z My dear Maria will excuse my proceeding; the last apostrophe will convince you of the impossibility of my continuing to use my pen. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z The apostrophe to the Declaration of Independence to which you refer was written by myself from a vivid recollection of Mr. Lincoln's speech at Beardstown, August 12, 1858. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Pitt could have echoed his schoolfellow's apostrophe if the not improbable legend be true that he underwent an unusually severe flogging for having been caught out of bounds. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Nevertheless, so soon as the apostrophe ended, Boussingault appeared to forget all about it. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z In another apostrophe to the same correspondent, at the same season, his high spirits throw off the bonds of the vernacular. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z "No," cried he, clasping me in his arms, and smiling at my apostrophe, "you shall find substance and substantial joys too here." The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z Probably the apostrophe, as printed, is a trifle more florid than as delivered, and, therefore, less forcible. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z But, then, we must remember that no fervent and exalted apostrophe, prolonged as this probably was, can be adequately transmitted in a naked sentence, or perhaps in any conceivable report. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z A few minutes after making this elegant apostrophe, he expired in the greatest agonies that can possibly be conceived. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z This was an apostrophe, a favourite expression with the skipper. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z One of the Austrian commissioners concluded an insulting apostrophe, by saying, "Austria desires peace, and she will severely condemn the negotiator who sacrifices the interest and repose of his country to military ambition." Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z So it is in the music of the final scene, Salome's mad apostrophe to the severed head. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z Especially meritorious are his poems about the slave trade and his apostrophes to Liberty. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Had he been more poetically inclined he might have repeated the apostrophe of the old poet: "France mother of all the arts." Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Claire nearly broke into a laugh at her own soft and quaint little apostrophe. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Possessive case, 64, 67; rules for forming, 67; separate possession, in the, 67; with verbal nouns, 67 ff.; of phrase substituted for, 67; use of the apostrophe in the, 159. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z And here we encounter the objections of those who hold that Salome herself, at the moment of her apostrophe to the dead head, becomes transfigured, uplifted through the power of a great and purifying love. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z It came, this flash of illumination, in exactly the same manner as the changing of the electrograph before my eyes—and, as you will see in a moment, with the same bloody apostrophe. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z His scorn for oratory, long sentences, images, apostrophes may have been a case of sour grapes, for in his youth he admired tremendously Patrick Henry. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Bettina, mixed up with apostrophes to the stars, to the ocean, to the mountains, and above all, to the moon, which she loves so much that she never leaves it in peace. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Exception.—When, in long words, the additional s in the singular would cause a disagreeable sound, some writers use only the apostrophe; as, We awaited the princess's decision. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z His book is charmingly written, some of its passages being really eloquent; as, for instance, the apostrophe to Aphrodite—whose name is reversed to make the title of the story. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Before the last letter of the first word was an apostrophe, but its single bright spot always appeared out of its proper order. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Page 43 "these sounds appealed to the Troopers sense of humor" added apostrophe "Troopers' sense". Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z The stanza beginning with these words is an apostrophe to Woman. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z Insert the apostrophe or the apostrophe and s, wherever either is needed. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z All his prepared eloquence, we are told, at once vanished away; the long apostrophe of praise which he had spent whole evenings in composing came to nothing. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z S—A—R—, and so on, the thing ran, but the whole legend was complete before that apostrophe started into its place. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Page 61 "dodging under horses heads" added apostrophe "horses' heads". Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z Hardly a month ago that lovely apostrophe to Truth Naked—that beautiful image of her stark and innocent on our banners but with a forest of bright bayonets bristling about her—and now this! A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z In speaking of an inanimate object one should use it instead of the apostrophe and s; as, the top of the mountain. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z At first his voice was unheeded; but as his apostrophe gathered force, the chatter of talk died away around him, and all eyes were turned upon him. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z "How in the world was I to know you had had your ears pulled and lengthened, brainless idiot?" began Oustiantsef, once more wrathfully addressing Chapkin, who, however, vouchsafed no attention to his companion's obliging apostrophe. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Page 68 "with their horses bridles over their arms" added apostrophe "horses' bridles". Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z The two hilariously spar over the proper use of apostrophes in invented languages and names. Reamde - By Neal Stephenson - Book Review 2011-09-24T00:30:38Z He will find one, first of all, in the apostrophe to the University of Oxford, at the close of the Preface,—"home of lost causes and forsaken beliefs and unpopular names and impossible loyalties." Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Seneca closes this eloquent apostrophe with a maxim recalling the Gospel: “Live with thy inferiors, as thou wouldst thy superior should live with thee.” Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z This apostrophe was addressed, however, not to his host, who was doing nothing whatever, but to the unseen owner of a pair of khaki-clad arms which had just pinioned him from behind. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z Page 16 "less than three hours consumed, in the Troopers case," added apostrophe "in the Troopers' case". Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z The Rev. T. Starr King, upon reading it in 1855, said: "The apostrophe has the music of Niagara in it." Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z We may refer particularly to the address to the survivors of the Revolution and the apostrophe to Warren in the first discourse on Bunker Hill. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z On the second page the prose has actually become verse; or how else can one describe part of the following apostrophe? Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z He had been a witness both by ear and eye to the foregoing scene, having overheard Vivien’s alarmed apostrophe. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Page 43 "from the headquarters mules would come an answering bray," added apostrophe "headquarter's mules." Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z As a typical example of the devotional apostrophe it is perhaps well to give it in full: This is Jehovah's fullest organ strain! Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z The allusion and apostrophe to Washington will be rehearsed by the generous youth of America as long as the English language is spoken on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The unconscious objects of his apostrophe having entered the room, seated themselves not far from him, chattering with each other. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The apostrophe is not always used to mark elisions, but is generally put after Ρ final. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z Page 101 "brothers shook each others hands" added apostrophe "each others' hands". Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z But I am free to confess that beyond a general impression of Parnassian attitudinizing and extravagant apostrophe I get nothing out of its pages. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z But no one will think that the entire apostrophe to Warren, as it stands in the reported speech, was elaborated in the closet and committed to memory. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z "Jolly rummy, anyhow," commented Kenneth, for in the word "Cornwall's" the apostrophe was after the "s". The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The company gave this apostrophe a kind reception; each being convinced that the censure conveyed in it could not apply to him, after acting a little while ago so excellently with the rest. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Quotation Marks are made by two inverted commas “ at the beginning and two apostrophes ” at the end of the quoted matter. Type Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #1 2011-06-12T02:00:07.280Z He, too, begins with the inevitable apostrophe: There's nothing great or bright, thou glorious fall! Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z The poet pauses for an apostrophe to Endymion, confusedly expressed, but vital to his whole meaning. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z There are few passages of English prose more memorable than the celebrated apostrophe to Oxford, the ‘home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties.’ The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z This sally somewhat nettled Wilhelm; but he concealed his sentiments, remembering that Werner used to listen with composure to his apostrophes. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Curses against treason, traitors, disloyalty, apostrophes to the imperiled Union, tears over the beloved Commander-in-Chief, could fill no void in the testimony. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Later, as has been shown, there was an assertively patriotic era; and later still, one of great laudation of America's newly-discovered wonders, which in the case of Niagara took the form of apostrophe and devotion. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z But Keats in this apostrophe, which I wish he had left out, deliberately points a moral and expressly invites us to take sides:— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Nothing but imagination white-hot with passion justifies, in the use of the orator, the expedient of such apostrophe as this which Saurin affects. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The phone adds the apostrophe to those contractions automatically. State of the Art: Technology Made Easier, Volume One 2011-05-18T22:31:53Z This mistake probably arose from mixing up the French Revolution with K�rner's august apostrophes to Louisa as guardian genius of her people in the later war for freedom. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z His apostrophe to Lake Ontario, several hundred lines in length, has many fine fancies, but his luxuriant imagination continually wrecks itself on extravagancies which break down the effect. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z "I wish..." said Victor, and made six circumflexes upon it as apostrophes of the same number of omitted curses. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The orator, over-excited by these fantastic surroundings, launches forth into ecstatic apostrophes, which the echo repeats like a menace. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The apostrophe was soliloquised, Fan was too far off to hear him. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The apostrophe was spoken in a low, muttered tone, and after Nigel had left the room—the latter having gone out apparently with the intention of writing the letter intended to reclaim his erring brother. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z There is an introductory apostrophe, followed by a specific apostrophe to the falls as a vast form of life. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z “Madam!” exclaimed the astonished object of this furious apostrophe. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z Elision.—The final vowel of the substantive and the article can be dropped and replaced by an apostrophe. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Writing to please the mistress of his heart, and emulous of epic fame, Boccaccio rejected the usual apostrophes and envoys of the Cantori da Banca, and constructed a poem divided into books. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Hence the frequent adjurations and apostrophes to the deities who had been insulted, which are introduced in the oration. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The opening canto is mainly an apostrophe to the Bird, and a vision of glittering horsemen. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z On hearing the hoof-stroke, Gregory Garth instinctively, as instantly, desisted from his farcical apostrophe; and, without offering the slightest apology to his well-behaved auditors, turned his face away from them, and stood listening. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z An adjective is sometimes conveniently used when in English we employ an apostrophe. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z But his eyes were on the girl’s face instead, and the “pretty creature” seemed an apostrophe to her rather than the bird. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z He wandered up and down the country for two or three years with the actors, and writes the following apostrophe to the memory of his old company. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Then come more apostrophes to the fall respecting its origin and early life. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z In spite of this vehement apostrophe, which drew the applause of the people, Lafayette maintained his imperturbable coolness. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The dropped letter is in all cases noted by an apostrophe. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The apostrophe, which was but a mental reflection, had reference to something Sabrina had been telling him, vividly recalled by the words in her latest letter, “that horrid man.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z I will not here write an apostrophe to consistency. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:23.193Z Had he been born a Dobbins, a mere apostrophe would have made him a d'Obbins and content. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z It intentionally begins with an apostrophe, not an unmatched single quotation mark, and was left as originally printed. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z Certainly, as written, with the apostrophe after the S, the meaning is two or more, but, as spoken, one would naturally suppose it belonged to one brother only. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z And the rapturous apostrophe to the evening star is in a fine strain of poetry. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z So let us turn to a more cosmic matter: Is it not possible, at long last, to settle on a broadly accepted use, or nonuse, of the apostrophe to describe the day? NYC: Whose Day? Well, at Least It?s Not Who?s 2011-02-22T01:24:24Z “Blow, gentle gales,” said he, and as Gray answered the apostrophe with a loud snore, Lee laughed and lay down, taking care to appropriate to himself a goodly portion of the green baize coverlet. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Then the young warrior cast out his long arms, drew his figure to its greatest height, and in clear, sonorous voice declaimed aloud the following spirited apostrophe,— 'Warriors! Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z The hope became strengthened on hearing that fraternal apostrophe, “Hermanita Calros!” pronounced in a language unequalled in the phraseology of affectionate endearment. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Thus in the very commencement, by this delicate and tender apostrophe, bespeaking their compassion, by awakening the remembrance of their mother, like him so long a wretched prisoner. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Not that everyone would abide by Ms. Truss’s ideas — note the possessive apostrophe — on how to punish persistent offenders. NYC: Whose Day? Well, at Least It?s Not Who?s 2011-02-22T01:24:24Z After this sham apostrophe he struck off across the field, and, once more clambering over the fence, he took the road leading to Helena. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z This loss the poet invokes in a masterly apostrophe in the third satire upon those rulers who basely abuse their power. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z As he walked along the road, he resumed the thread of his apostrophe to poor Renzo. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z That homely apostrophe had in it the primitive impulses of the Lake school feeling; the phrase refuses to be forgotten, and seems to have a persistent life of its own. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z That apostrophe floats more than the dollar does in international currency markets. NYC: Whose Day? Well, at Least It?s Not Who?s 2011-02-22T01:24:24Z In this book also Tory laid down the rules for the proper use in French of the accents, apostrophe and marks of punctuation. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Two capitals separated by the small 'd' and the apostrophe. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Why did James fail to put an apostrophe in “its?” Off the Dribble: James Sends Wrong Message 2011-01-13T04:02:15Z I forgive your highness’s uncharitable apostrophe: I know my duty, and am the minister of a mightier prince than Manfred. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The apostrophe is accustomed to abuse, since long before there was a holiday called Presidents’ Day or President’s Day or Presidents Day. NYC: Whose Day? Well, at Least It?s Not Who?s 2011-02-22T01:24:24Z The latter pile up adjectives, exclamations and apostrophes which give no idea of what the vivid reality was. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z His misuse of the apostrophe and absence of two question marks are separate issues that simply reflect poor attention to detail in grammar school. Rochester Mayor to Be Cuomo's Running Mate 2010-05-26T13:56:00Z Y’s and I’s are not interchangeable, and apostrophes are not some sort of newfangled confetti to be sprinkled liberally throughout groups of letters. | Brittney, Brittny, Brittneigh 2010-05-07T19:17:00Z At this apostrophe, he raised up his head, and beheld the stranger that had caused him so much affliction. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The placement of the apostrophe sent a clear signal that the focus was on a single man — maybe Washington, even? NYC: Whose Day? Well, at Least It?s Not Who?s 2011-02-22T01:24:24Z But, after all, the work is by no means so severe as we had anticipated from the threatening apostrophe to the Roman poet. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 To form the possessive, add an apostrophe and "s." horse's head man's coat girl's dress boy's shoes soldier's uniform child's laugh sheep's wool sister's hat 2. Lippincott's Horn-Ashbaugh Speller For Grades One to Eight The tenuous spiral of perfumed smoke carried up his emotional apostrophes through the prosaic ceiling of the old night-nursery past the stars, beyond the Thrones and Dominations and Seraphim to God. Sinister Street, vol. 1 If any of these characters do not display properly, or the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. Erthe Upon Erthe Her opposite number is George Bernard Shaw, who wanted nothing to do with possessive apostrophes. NYC: Whose Day? Well, at Least It?s Not Who?s 2011-02-22T01:24:24Z It is an apostrophe to God and very hard to learn. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl To form the possessive, add only an apostrophe. miles' walk girls' clothing years' word pupils' attention II. Lippincott's Horn-Ashbaugh Speller For Grades One to Eight Out of the past came the shrill sound of boys ruining The Ancient Mariner, and Michael heard again the outraged apostrophes of Mr. Neech. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Guy looked at his note-book and marked how many apostrophes, the impulses to declaim which had seemed to scorch his imagination with bright ardors, had, alas, failed to kindle his uninflammable pencil. Plashers Mead A Novel To read, for example, Milton's apostrophe to Light, at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost, after the manner of common speech, would be somewhat absurd. The Voice and Spiritual Education He has odd peculiarities of diction, especially inversions of phrase and sudden apostrophes which enliven an otherwise rather awkward manner of writing. A Short History of French Literature Possessives of personal pronouns have no apostrophe, as: its, hers, ours, yours, etc. Lippincott's Horn-Ashbaugh Speller For Grades One to Eight Michael read Don Quixote again on account of Dulcinea del Toboso, and he was greatly moved by the knight's apostrophes and declamations. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Some words have lost prefix or suffix, and if they are in good use in their curtailed form, they should be written without apostrophes, as, cello and varsity. The Style Book of The Detroit News Frisco could not mean San Francisco, because in the puzzle there was no apostrophe showing that part of the word had been cut off. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 The lack of an apostrophe after "days" in the expression "days later" has been left unchanged. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 To this sudden apostrophe the pagan churchwarden made no answer, but took to his heels. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] This apostrophe appeared the more to trouble Pontius Pilate, as from all sides they cried: 'Yes, yes, it would be to betray the Emperor to deliver up the Nazarene!' The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth It should be remembered that let's is really let us, the apostrophe denoting the elision of the u. Every-Day Errors of Speech I thought that the exotic poets and others who deny their readers capital letters, apostrophes and so forth might here find another inspiration. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday A number answered to patronymics to which were prefixed the letter O, and an apostrophe. The History and Records of the Elephant Club Well might the poet begin his indignant invective against an art, whose professed object is its destruction, with this animated apostrophe to life. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time It came from half-a-dozen officers, who, having entered the room during my apostrophe, had concealed themselves behind a screen to listen to the peroration. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas If any of the characters do not display properly, or if the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. The Lay of Havelok the Dane As the latter part of this speech was addressed in a tone of apostrophe to the statue of King William, it was received by the assembled crowd with a roar of laughter. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II But even then he is inconsistent, and "hollowing" becomes "hollerin'," with an apostrophe to mark the lost "g"—that abominable imported harshness that ought to be generally exiled from our none too smooth language. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories There should be no space after the apostrophes but spaces are often present. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions Shakspere's beautiful apostrophe to the latter god-like attribute in the "Merchant of Venice," would have been flat nonsense in the estimation of Watty. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 In the following remarks, I shall use an apostrophe to signify that e is written, but not pronounced; thus “wil’” signifies that “wile” is the MS. form, but “wil” the apparent pronunciation. The Lay of Havelok the Dane Still, no one can write it without using the apostrophe more than he likes to; for our highland speech is excessively clipped. Our Southern Highlanders Stranger still, that prevalent Polynesian sound, the so-called catch, written with an apostrophe, and often or always the gravestone of a perished consonant, is to be heard in Scotland to this day. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Now, from this very heroic apostrophe, you may suppose that I have something very heroic to tell. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings We find no difficulty in admitting as excellent, and the legitimate language of poetic fervour self-impassioned, Donne’s apostrophe to the Sun in the second stanza of his Progress of the Soul. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century If we listen we may hear Puckish laughter always near, And the elf’s apostrophe, “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” The So-called Human Race Sonnets and apostrophes in large number addressed to Walt Whitman during the later years of his life, and since his passing away, have appeared in fugitive form in widely separated sources. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today What eloquent apostrophes have been addressed Russia by her great writers! Ivory Apes and Peacocks These abrupt apostrophes sound to me like the voice of an awakened conscience; but they would seem to have reverberated in vain in the ears of Charles. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) A certain disgust with the colorless life of the philistine borough into which Weimar more and more degenerated after Goethe's death may be read between the lines of this apostrophe. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The twelve men in the box shifted themselves uneasily under this indignant apostrophe. The Queen Against Owen But his words had no meaning to her; there was nothing in their structure to change her acceptation of the word "mother," as an apostrophe. When Ghost Meets Ghost Most of his apostrophes, even the most strained, are expressions of genuine feeling, which he was simply incapable of assimilating to the prevailing tone of the book, that of a novéla picaresca. George Borrow Times Literary Supplement, 10th July 1903 “I must keep the impression of it for my Columbiad”;—and drawing out his tablet, he proceeded to write on the spot an apostrophe to Freedom, which afterwards found a place in his great epic. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls You see, at times I get letters from unknown hands, letters of praise and thanks from my public, admiring apostrophes from affected readers. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Page 160 Then mutters at last like the thunders fall, Added apostrophe: thunders becomes thunder's. The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem Gwen stopped a moment to consider the first two words of this sentence, and decided that "I say" was an apostrophe. When Ghost Meets Ghost Possessive Pronouns.—Do not use the apostrophe before the s in possessive pronouns: as, its, hers, theirs. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories “Oh, madam!” he began; and finding no language adequate to that apostrophe, caught up her hand and wrung it in his own. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) We were all somewhat staggered by this outburst; and the speaker himself, after that last hoarse apostrophe, appeared to sink gloomily into his own thoughts. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI Another point we must mention is the excessive punctuation, especially the needless hyphenation of amateurdom and therefore, and the apostrophe in the possessive pronoun its. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The dream daughter's apostrophe to the moon is also interesting in connection with the present study. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study Use only the apostrophe to indicate the possessive case plural when the plural ends in s: as, boys' hats, ladies' outfitter. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The bird in his cage pursued Sterne into his room, where he composed his apostrophe to liberty. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 Her next words were plainly an apostrophe to myself. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War The form it's is restricted to the colloquial contraction of "it is"; the similarly spelled pronoun is written solidly without an apostrophe. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 This celebrated letter, which may stand as a specimen of the whole six volumes, concludes with the following apostrophe:—'Virtuous friendship, how pure, how sacred are thy delights! A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen Use the apostrophe and s to indicate the possessive case plural when the plural does not end in s: as, men's meeting, children's shoes. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories It is from that humble point of view that I shall offer a few remarks supplementary to, perhaps even critical of, the eloquent apostrophe we have been permitted to enjoy. A Modern Symposium The fine apostrophe to the shade of Taliessin completes the picture of exultation: 'Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear; They breathe a soul to animate thy clay.' Select Poems of Thomas Gray In the eighth line there should be no apostrophe in the word "stars". Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 In contracted words place the apostrophe where letters are omitted, and do not place it elsewhere. The Century Handbook of Writing Observe that the apostrophe, as the sign of the possessive case, is never used by Spenser. glyster. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Plural nouns ending in s add the apostrophe only; ending in other letters they add the apostrophe and s like singular nouns, the Jones' house, the children's toys. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses Every ear was instantly hushed as the strain ascended—a strain, more ambitious than the preceding, of melancholy and indignant apostrophe. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 The apostrophe of Mortimer had an astounding effect on the spectators and the actors in this scene. A Romance of the West Indies But one's, other's, either's take the apostrophe. e. The Century Handbook of Writing Other rhetorical devices cultivated in the epyllion are the long apostrophe, and the sentence or wise saying. Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) The general rule is to proceed as in other nouns by adding the apostrophe and the other s as James's hat. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses Such women deserve the apostrophe of Macbeth to his wife: "Bring forth men children only." Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 The apostrophe to the heroism of the soldiers is sickly and pale. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Do not use an apostrophe with the possessive adjectives its, his, hers, ours, yours, and theirs. The Century Handbook of Writing We translate a portion of the apostrophe in the K. L. MS., and not the bitterest, by any means. The Book of Khalid Bobinette did not seem to understand one word of this apostrophe. A Nest of Spies Names of churches ending with "s," as Saint Thomas, are written with an apostrophe "s"—thus, Saint Thomas's. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The place of the absent consonant is often supplied, indeed, in writing, by an apostrophe. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Most of the other possessive pronouns do not require an apostrophe. The Century Handbook of Writing This angry apostrophe is probably addressed to a child, at the moment when he is intent upon some agreeable occupation, which is now to be stigmatized with the name of Play. Practical Education, Volume I Must have a legible and neat handwriting and show a knowledge of spelling and punctuation by writing from dictation a paragraph necessitating use of commas, periods, quotation marks, apostrophe. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts These are to be found in the first folio, but are in each case printed with the apostrophe after the t,—it's. Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc |
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