How to pronounce“apostrophes”in English

Missing apostrophes like these are met with dismay and anger by those concerned about linguistic standards who fear that such changes are undermining our ability

obsessed with the presence or absence of apostrophes.

He insisted on dropping all apostrophes and so wrote "can't" and "he's" without apostrophes-- like that because, he said, there is no--

But these are some black marker penned-in apostrophes in Scholars' Walk and Pepys' Court.

When it comes to the serious business of apostrophes, even the laid-back lexicographers

And he goes around climbing up ladders in pitch dark and putting in missing apostrophes into street signs and shop signs.

as you see here, with additional apostrophes to indicate the proper contractions.

Now, of course, many today will happily omit apostrophes in emails and tweets, but others still insist on including it.

So I'm talking to you now using lots of contractions, not apostrophes, and somehow you're still understanding me.

the message boards under my own name and I said "Then why do they all have V's and Z's and apostrophes in their name" Sony didn't appreciate that, but, so, you

Put apostrophes when you need 'em and otherwise just delete 'em.

for in your writing because it's so easy to make because you have that association in your mind of apostrophes with possessives.

is actually a programmable name right whereas a state name is not you know think about it like a state name will have apostrophes

And indeed, in 2014, when Cambridge Council voted to abandon apostrophes in street signs,

Lewis Carroll, on the other hand, was a big fan of apostrophes and insisted that the only correct spelling of shan't and can't was,

So next, we're going to talk about apostrophes and , can I get to

It's your, their with the apostrophes.

So, but one thing I did want to tell you about apostrophes and possessives is that

I see people think that all plurals need apostrophes.

>>Male Audience Member #9: People seem to think that all plurals need apostrophes.

And that's when it's much more common for people to use apostrophes like after an abbreviation, CD's. We had 50

Now that the New York Times has stopped doing it, every other major style guide says not to use apostrophes to make things like

There are two holes at the front like ours, but the holes curve off to the sides like apostrophes- and those side slits are really special.