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Apostrophe

British pronunciation/ɐpˈɒstɹəfi/
American pronunciation/əˈpɑstɹəˌfi/
Apostrophe
[NOUN]
1

the symbol ' used in writing to show possession or omission of letters or numbers

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2

a figure of speech in which the speaker addresses a person or an abstract idea, object or thing that is not present or cannot respond as if it could respond

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Examples
1Apostrophes are cute.
2Adding apostrophes to decades.
3They moved the apostrophe key to no man's land and Backspace.
4So the apostrophe can do three things.
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