apostrophe
Example Sentences
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Even then, the apostrophe in the logo was a pepper.
From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025
A resident protested after noticing no apostrophe on a replacement sign for St Mary's Terrace in Twyford, Hampshire.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023
On my first day on set on “Mad Men,” I had to do another take because I’d left out an apostrophe.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023
And four decades after that, Barack Obama retraced the steps of a great-great-great-grandfather from Moneygall, in County Offaly, joking that the Obamas had come “to find the apostrophe that we lost somewhere along the way.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023
Painted correction fluid over the wrong apostrophe; inserted the right one.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
