Ken wondered if it was appropriate to use an apostrophe. From LearnThat.org.
The apostrophe is no picnic in a last name either. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Apostrophe: Most Vexing Punctuation Mark?] Reference
An apostrophe is commonly used to indicate omitted characters. From Wordnik.com. [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » The Real Problem With the Whole Anti-Saggy Pants Campaign] Reference
The apostrophe is misused extensively; more so, perhaps, than any other punctuation mark. From Wordnik.com. [2007 August « Motivated Grammar] Reference
It’s interesting to learn that the apostrophe is an arbitrary English renaissance punctuation mark. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Apostrophe: Most Vexing Punctuation Mark?] Reference
In summary, both with and without an apostrophe are okay, but it seems without the apostrophe is preferred. From Wordnik.com. [2008 June « Motivated Grammar] Reference
The apostrophe is used when you abbreviate the decade as the '90s (the apostrophe indicates the missing numerals). From Wordnik.com. [On Obama's agenda next week: Golf] Reference
Log in to Reply jadechimera (UID#1821) on September 8th, 2009 at 4: 33 pm lack of possessive apostrophe is also fail …. From Wordnik.com. [do you know they use your head to block little girls vaginas on the internet | My[confined]Space] Reference
The apostrophe is a relatively late arrival in English. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
I accused him of pretending this apostrophe was a quotation. From Wordnik.com. [Janey Canuck in the West] Reference
The apostrophe is the Japanese knotweed of the garden of English. From Wordnik.com. [EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL] Reference
Analysis: the apostrophe is missing, and it’s “being used as a political pawn”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer] Reference
We tell children the apostrophe is the possessive--but not for theirs, his, hers or its. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
And the missing apostrophe is par for the course (no pun intended, and I also got a chuckle from your post on apostrophes. From Wordnik.com. [À la carte, à la, Al] Reference
The legatees asserted that the apostrophe was a blot, and therefore claimed two instead of one hundred thousand francs each. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Blunders] Reference
(I personally disagree that an apostrophe is necessary there, but I’ll address that later once I have a chance to research it.). From Wordnik.com. [2007 August « Motivated Grammar] Reference
"I" should be capped, so should the beginning of a sentence, and the apostrophe is a time-honored tradition when possessing or conjuncting. From Wordnik.com. [Ask And Ye Shall Receive] Reference
Your apostrophe is in the wrong place. hedwig. From Wordnik.com. [Glottal Opera » E-Mail] Reference
No, the apostrophe is not in the wrong place. From Wordnik.com. [Glottal Opera » E-Mail] Reference
Bill Kennedy and Darren Wershler-Henry "apostrophe". From Wordnik.com. [DO YOU BUY POETRY? THE RAW DATA] Reference
Dam, bet you are going to call me on mis-spils, and whatever here again. "apostrophe"???. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign Calls For 50-50 Split Of Michigan Delegates] Reference
An apostrophe is especially telling: Oh, Reform!. From Wordnik.com. [The Discourse of Treason, Sedition, and Blasphemy in British Political Trials, 1794-1820] Reference
(that apostrophe is in that position intentionally. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - About the F-Bomb] Reference
Then perhaps you would be so kind as to conjugate "apostrophe" for us. From Wordnik.com. [بالاترین] Reference
Will this video cure the case of the erroneous apostrophe?. From Wordnik.com. [Can New 'Apostrophe Song' Cure The Apostrophe Crisis? (VIDEO)] Reference
THOMPSON: ... with an apostrophe, like O'Brien or O'Malley. From Wordnik.com. [Newport Folk: An Old Festival Still Finds New Sounds] Reference
The following is an apostrophe to the relics of St. Martin by Bishop. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
"Madam!" exclaimed the astonished object of this furious apostrophe. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
The principal use of the apostrophe is to denote the possessive case. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
To make the word possessive, you add an apostrophe and an "s" (rope's). From Wordnik.com. [Arianna Huffington: Arianna's Grammar Pet Peeve: The Apostrophe Crisis] Reference
The rule is: If there is more than one CEO it's "CEOs" -- no apostrophe. From Wordnik.com. [Arianna Huffington: Arianna's Grammar Pet Peeve: The Apostrophe Crisis] Reference
In this poem will be found the following bold and original apostrophe to. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
The relation of Solomon to the temple is expressed by the apostrophe and. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
In poetry and familiar dialogue the apostrophe marks the elision of a syllable, as. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
But neither can it be accomplished just by deploying a few unmanned apostrophe drones. From Wordnik.com. [Arianna Huffington: Arianna's Grammar Pet Peeve: The Apostrophe Crisis] Reference
Arethusa could not help but feel that this apostrophe to her hair was going rather far. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
In the play, words such as “tis” and “twas” were always written without apostrophe. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
In such case the apostrophe takes the place of the omitted letters as "cont'd for continued.". From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
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