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apostrophe

(n): address to an absent or imaginary person
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2 months ago mollusque said:

No, because CD is more than one letter. The plural is CDs.

2 months ago gangerh said:

Is that true, mollusque? I don't remember ever knowing that. So cd's is correct for more than one cd, is it?

2 months ago mollusque said:

Except for plurals of letters (e.g., "a's", "b's", not "as", "bs").

2 months ago bilby said:

Goe's without saying.

2 months ago gangerh said:

An apostrophe does not a plural make.

2 months ago gangerh said:

I'd give up my whole apostrophe to have an id.

3 months ago frindley said:

Remember always to use an apostrophe (not an open quote mark) when it appears at the beginning of a word, e.g. ’cause (for because) and ’60s rather than ‘cause and ‘60s.

Alas, the evil microsoft delights in making unsolicited corrections.

about 1 year ago Evin290 said:

A digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea

about 1 year ago uselessness said: A Tip for Proper English

Don't put apostrophe's where they don't belong.

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