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	Apostrophe (mark) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An apostrophe (’) is a punctuation and sometimes diacritic mark in languages written in the Latin alphabet.
		The use of the apostrophe to note possession in the English language derived from the genitive case, but is now considered a clitic.
		In Jèrriais, one of the uses of the apostrophe is to mark gemination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apostrophe_(mark) (2356 words)

	Search Results for "punctuation"
		Punctuation is the conventional graphic system that uses symbols—punctuation marks—to separate or link sentences and their parts in order to make written English...
		Punctuation GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION ALTHOUGH we are, when we turn from taste to grammar, on slightly firmer ground, it will be seen that there are many...
		Punctuation GENERAL IN this chapter we shall adhere generally to our plan of not giving systematic positive directions, or attempting to cover all ground...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?query=punctuation (257 words)

	Apostrophe (mark) - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		An apostrophe is used by some writers to form a plural for abbreviations and symbols where adding just s rather than ’s would be ambiguous, such as mind your p's and q's.
		An apostrophe for punctuation should be drawn with a light curl (resembling an upsidedown comma), but U+0027 is nearly always drawn as a straight vertical line, and Unicode actually defines it must be drawn as such.
		The "normal" apostrophe is also preferred for compatibility reasons, because ’ is not in the same position (or even present) in all the many different 8-bit character encodings in use across the world, nor is it present in 7-bit ASCII.
	open-encyclopedia.com /' (1031 words)

	Apostrophe (punctuation): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Apostrophe (punctuation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		An apostrophe (' or ’) is a punctuation mark in languages written in the Latin alphabet.
		The apostrophe in it's marks a contraction of it is.
		Likewise, its role in pluralization of symbols has led to a modern tendency to use the apostrophe incorrectly to form plurals of words, that is plural's of word's.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ap/Apostrophe-(punctuation).html (369 words)

	Bracket article - Bracket Punctuation marks apostrophe colon comma dash ellipsis exclamation - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		See parenthesis for an account of the rhetorical concept from which the name of the punctuation mark is derived.
		Brackets are punctuation marks, used in pairs to set apart or interject text within other text.
		Any punctuation inside parentheses or other brackets is independent from the rest of the text: "Mrs.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Bracket (1258 words)

	The Apostrophe
		Apostrophes are NOT used for possessive pronouns or for noun plurals, including acronyms.
		Apostrophes are used to form plurals of letters that appear in lowercase; here the rule appears to be more typographical than grammatical, e.g.
		Don't use apostrophes for possessive pronouns or for noun plurals.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/grammar/g_apost.html (620 words)

	Splendid: Departments: Bookshelf: Eats, Shoots & Leaves
		Truss is a punctuation stickler; she has written articles about the poor state of punctuation in the United Kingdom for the Daily Telegraph, campaigned for the film Two Weeks Notice to correct their omission of an apostrophe, and even engaged in a bit of vigilantism on behalf of punctuation, marker and correcting fluid in hand.
		Truss gives clear instructions for each punctuation mark's proper use and many improper misuses, often accompanied by pertinent lists of examples, She not only points out these hard and fast rules for using each of the punctuation marks, but also delves into matters of style and taste.
		Punctuation is no exception to this, with several differences in nomenclature; for example, what the English call a full stop, Americans know as a period.
	www.splendidezine.com /departments/bookshelf/bookshelf82304.html (838 words)

	Correct Punctuation Apostrophe Periods
		Using the apostrophe for plurals : plural's is incorrect, plurals is correct.
		Punctuation is not, as its enemies would have...
		The apostrophe is one of the most misunderstood and misused pieces of punctuation in the English language.
	www.writingspot.com /37/correct-punctuation-apostrophe-periods.html (581 words)

	Ch
		Punctuational marking is more likely before a long and complex coordinate than before a short and simple one (and thus, other things being equal, before a clause than before a VP, for example); it is somewhat more likely with but than with and and or; it is inadmissible in joint coordination (Ch.
		We have emphasised that punctuation cannot be regarded as a means of representing the prosodic properties of utterances, but there is no doubt that there is some significant degree of correlation between the use of delimiting commas and the likelihood that the constituent concerned would be set apart prosodically in speech.
		Punctuation outside the parentheses depends on the requirements of the containing sentence: it is the same as it would be if the parenthesised element were omitted.
	www-csli.stanford.edu /~nunberg/CGE.html (16120 words)

	long_aaron_lbbrief_1\|Student Resources\|V. Punctuation\|The Apostrophe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Unlike other punctuation marks, which separate words, the apostrophe appears as part of a word to indicate possession, the omission of one or more letters, or (in a few cases) plural numbers.
		Use the apostrophe to indicate the possessive case for nouns and indefinite pronouns.
		An apostrophe is often optional in forming the plural of abbreviations, dates, and words or characters named as words.
	wps.ablongman.com /long_aaron_lbbrief_1/0,2638,90866-,00.html (101 words)

	Calpundit: Apostrophe Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Punctuation is not, as its enemies would have it, a device for complicating language and flummoxing those who don't understand it.
		That may be true for punctuation in general, but it is 100% wrong for the apostrophe, a piece of punctuation that serves no purpose at all.
		Strictly speaking, the apostrophe isn't punctuation, it's a diacritical mark--it serves to distinguish between word forms that would otherwise be orthographically identical.
	www.calpundit.com /archives/002780.html (5581 words)

	Class Summary for 15 October 2003
		The English language is one of the few that uses an apostrophe to indicate the possessive form of a noun.
		One big misunderstanding about apostrophes occurs sometimes when teachers tell their students that they either "add an apostrophe and an S or add an S and an apostrophe." This is incorrect because you will never add a letter before adding an apostrophe.
		Apostrophes can be used to create contractions, but formal writing mandates that you avoid using slang, sloppy, or shortcut forms (such as contractions).
	ksumail.kennesaw.edu /~shagin/summary101503.html (1438 words)

	Dash article - Dash Punctuation marks apostrophe parentheses brackets colon comma - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A dash is a punctuation mark, and is not to be confused with the hyphen, which has quite different uses.
		In consequence, it became common to substitute the nearest incorrect punctuation mark or symbol.
		Em dashes are often represented by a pair of spaces surrounding a single minus sign (typical British usage) or by a pair of spaces surrounding two minus signs (mostly in the United States).
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Dash (1481 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Wrongly placed apostrophes are known as Grocers' apostrophes (or sometimes, humorously, as Grocers apostrophe's), due to the frequent occurrence of hand-written signs on their produce, offering potatoe's, cabbage's and such like.
		In computer programming, the "normal" apostrophe (') (apostrophe or apostrophe-quote) corresponds to Unicode and ASCII character 39, or U+0027.
		The "normal" apostrophe is also used as a symbol to indicate measurement in feet; the right single quotation mark apostrophe is inappropriate in this context.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /'.html (766 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		With tales of 'punctuation anarchy', 'involuntary ejaculations' and 'semicolonic irrigation', novelist, radio presenter and newspaper columnist Lynne Truss manages to amuse readers whilst simultaneously describing the history of various 'traffic signals of language' (punctuation marks to you and me), explaining how they should be employed by writers, and despairing at how endangered they have become.
		The advice on the use of punctuation is difficult to follow and poorly referenced.
		Punctuation is rather like taxation law - it's a dry old subject but if you don't understand it you can't use it to your advantage.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1861976127 (1310 words)

	The Punctuation Handbook
		The apostrophe is used to indicate the possessive case of nouns and indefinite pronouns; to mark character omissions in contracted words and dates; and to form the plurals of symbols, abbreviations, and some dates and numbers.
		No apostrophe is needed when a word reflects its meaning in a sentence.
		If the quotation is at the end of the sentence, the appropriate ending punctuation is placed before the final quotation mark.
	papyr.com /hypertextbooks/grammar/punct2.htm (1608 words)

	Style Guide \| University of Colorado at Boulder
		Apostrophes When indicating the possessive for names, use an apostrophe followed by an s even when the person's name ends in s or another sibilant.
		With a few exceptions, the possessive of a singular common noun is formed by the addition of an apostrophe and s, and the possessive of a plural common noun by the addition of an apostrophe only.
		Do not use an apostrophe to indicate plurals, including the plurals of acronyms and abbreviations, unless confusion would result without the apostrophe (as in the first example).
	www.colorado.edu /Publications/styleguide/punctuation.html (1530 words)

	Salon.com News \| America's apostrophe catastrophe
		In this case, putting an end to the chronic misplacement of apostrophes could eventually lead to a better-educated populace, a greater sense of harmony and order, more fuel-efficient cars, a slimmer, trimmer you, cleaner air, an end to the heartbreak of psoriasis, the cancellation of "The Bachelor," and, who knows, maybe even world peace.
		I gently brought the error to her attention, pointing out that she didn't need an apostrophe before the "s" since it was a plural noun.
		Of course, apostrophes are also used for contractions such as can't, he's, won't and it's.
	archive.salon.com /news/col/huff/2002/12/17/apostrophe (1208 words)

	The Warhammer & 40K Fan-Fiction Stories Site :: Imperial Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		If you were to enquire, amongst the writers who make Imperial Literature their home, as to the punctuation mark most often found abused in draft fiction, and the mark most likely to raise a groan whilst critiquing, the apostrophe would undoubtedly top the list.
		A misplaced apostrophe is jarring, often spoiling whatever effect the author was aiming for.
		The second main use of the apostrophe, which we have already touched on, is that of contraction, the indication that certain letters have been omitted from a phrase.
	www.imperial-literature.net /story181-1.html (1554 words)

	From Snappy Top Ten Tips Part 1 owisrt aid4492 Golden Rules For New Writers - Things you need to know before you begin. ...
		The truth is, they are too lazy to learn the rules of punctuation and think they can get away with this by brushing punctuation off as unimportant.
		Punctuation has had a very bad time over the last forty years or so but I believe it is about to undergo a revival.
		I happen to think that apostrophes have spent so long being either ignored or abused they now deserve a mention of their own.
	www.snappyquick.com /articles/Top_Ten_Tips_Part_1_4492_0_article.html (1202 words)

	Apostrophe (mark) - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Apostrophes used incorrectly to form plurals are known as Greengrocers' apostrophes (or sometimes, humorously, as Greengrocers apostrophe's), due to their frequent occurrence on greengrocers' hand-written signs, offering potatoe's, cabbage's, etc.
		The typographic apostrophe is in different positions of the many 8-bit encodings, and entering it from a keyboard requires memorizing obscure combinations or escape sequences.
		During text entry, it is common for computer software to automatically convert to the appropriate apostrophe or quotation mark characters; the so-called "smart quotes" feature.
	www.unipedia.info /'.html (2244 words)

	Reviews
		The reason it’s worth standing up for punctuation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of vapours when they see it misapplied.
		In fact one might dare to say that while the full stop is the lumpen male of the punctuation world (do one job at a time; do it well; forget about it instantly), the apostrophe is the frantically multi-tasking female, dotting hither and yon, and succumbing to burnout from all the thankless effort.
		Thus people who don’t know their apostrophe from their elbow are positively invited to disseminate their writings to anyone on the planet stupid enough to double-click and scroll.
	www.cercles.com /review/r18/truss.htm (1426 words)

	English Writing: Punctuation - Apostrophe (EnglishClub.com)
		Certain words are sometimes written with an apostrophe (to show that they are really a shortened form of the original, longer word):
		Some people use an apostrophe when the first two figures of a year are left out:
		You can use an apostrophe to show a plural form for words that are not normally plural:
	www.englishclub.com /writing/punctuation-apostrophe.htm (124 words)

	Apostrophe
		The various symbols used to indicate stress, pause, and intonation are referred to as punctuation marks.
		The apostrophe indicates the possessive case of a noun.
		If the singular noun or name itself ends in S, the apostrophe is added after the "s" and a second "s" is not added.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~larkin/eng302/class/process/preparation/pa2-3-2-1.html (282 words)

	Grammar Punctuation Mechanics Rules Guide
		English punctuation marks and mechanics usage are something that everyone, no matter in what industry, needs.
		An apostrophe, colon, comma, dash, ellipse, exclamation point, hyphen, parentheses, period, question mark, quotation mark, semicolon, and underlining are all necessary to usage, grammar, and mechanics.
		The punctuation marks usage are apostrophe, colon, comma, dash, ellipse, exclamation point, hyphen, parentheses, period, question mark, quotation marks, semicolon, and underlining.
	www.einfoweb.com /punctuation (217 words)

	Punctuation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		An apostrophe should not be used to denote the letters missing from an abbreviation:
		The apostrophe may be added to figures, signs, and symbols to denote the plural form, but the trend is to omit it when clarity of meaning will not be sacrificed:
		An apostrophe is used to denote possession for an indefinite pronoun:
	ac.sandiego.edu /OEH/PunPg.html (3853 words)

	apostrophe on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Dispute, punctuated; Readers are opinionated about the University of Minnesota's sidewalk apostrophe crisis.(NEWS)
		Françoise Giroud le 15 octobre 1979 lors de l'émission "Apostrophes" sur Antenne 2 Françoise Giroud, aura durant près de 6.
		French most popular TV show on literature, "Apostrophes", hosted by journalist Bernard PIVOT (FR, 1935) in the foreground on the left.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-apostrph.asp (367 words)

	Writing Tips: Sentence Builder - Punctuation
		Use an apostrophe to show ownership of something.
		Note: For nouns in plural form, put the apostrophe at the end of the noun.
		Use an apostrophe to show letters that have been left out of a word.
	www2.actden.com /writ_den/tips/sentence/puctuate.htm (416 words)

	Punctuation Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		To form the possessive case of a singular noun, add an apostrophe and an s.
		To form the possessive case of a plural noun, add an apostrophe after the s.
		Use an apostrophe to show where letters have been omitted in a contraction.
	www.lrcom.com /tips/punctuation.htm (522 words)

	Punctuation Made Simple: Guide to Apostrophes
		An apostrophe is a signal telling the reader that a word is either a possessive or a contraction.
		The apostrophe in the contractions above tells the reader that you have omitted a letter or two from the word—the letter o in three of the cases above.
		The apostrophe is also used to mark the possessive.
	chuma.cas.usf.edu /~olson/pms/apostrophe.html (466 words)

	apostrophe apostrophes punctuation english grammar
		We add an apostrophe and "s" after all singular nouns and after plural nouns that do not end in "s":
		Note that we do not use apostrophes with the possessive pronouns hers, its, ours and yours, but we do use them with possessive pronouns that end in "-one" or "-body":
		Apostrophe Protection Society), however, indicate that apostrophes have no place in plurals because they do not represent missing letters or possession, and that the examples above should be written:
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /grammar/archive/apostrophes01.html (338 words)

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