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apostrophe    音标拼音: [əp'ɑstrəfi]
n. 省略符号,呼语

省略符号,呼语

apostrophe
单引号

apostrophe
单引号

apostrophe
n 1: address to an absent or imaginary person
2: the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more
letters from a printed word

Apostrophe \A*pos"tro*phe\, n. [(1) L., fr. Gr. ? a turning
away, fr. ? to turn away; ? from ? to turn. (2) F., fr. L.
apostrophus apostrophe, the turning away or omitting of a
letter, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer
suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his
discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some
person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's
apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of
"Paradise Lost."
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2. (Gram.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a
letter or letters, which omission is marked by the
character ['] placed where the letter or letters would
have been; as, call'd for called.
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3. The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as
in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of
the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat,
boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the
omission of the letter e.
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Note: The apostrophe is used to mark the plural of figures
and letters; as, two 10's and three a's. It is also
employed to mark the close of a quotation.
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  • Apostrophe vs. Single Quote - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    An apostrophe is typically interchangeable with a single-close-quote, but it can be different within a more specialized font face One could be forgiven for using a neutral single quote in a pinch (an abhorrent anachronism of mechanical typewriters)
  • grammatical number - Is an apostrophe with a decade (e. g. the 1920’s . . .
    The apostrophe is not solely used to indicate ownership ( similar relationship, as with day's work) or missing letters There are some who use do's (as in works do's) as a pure plural form, some institutions call themselves dogs homes or writers guilds while others prefer to incorporate the apostrophe
  • Why is the right single quotation mark used as the apostrophe?
    The justification presented for using the straight single quotation mark is that this symbol bears the name apostrophe — and an apostrophe in English is a symbol used to denote omission or possession
  • Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not?
    The general rule is that you should not use an apostrophe to form the plurals of nouns, abbreviations, or dates made up of numbers: just add -s (or -es, if the noun in question forms its plural with - es)
  • apostrophe - Is it mens or mens? And whats the rule? - English . . .
    While you're in school you can spell it men's (also women's, children's, oxen's, sheep's, deer's) with just plain old Apostrophe-S You can't tell the singular from the plural possessive in speech, so there's no reason to do it in writing, either So after you get out you can just omit the apostrophe like we do in speaking and write mens room the way it's pronounced Most native speakers don't
  • apostrophe - Individuals or individuals - English Language Usage . . .
    Because you have used the plural, you must, by the normal rules, place the apostrophe after the final "s" However, you could just as easily use "individual" in the singular, e g
  • English notation for hour, minutes and seconds
    I'm more used to "01:05:56", for example How do you represent the hour, minutes, and seconds using the apostrophe and quotes punctuations? Which is for the hour, which is for minutes, and which is for seconds? Is it the common way to write duration of time elapsed? Do they have a special pronunciation?
  • pronouns - Why doesnt its have an apostrophe? - English Language . . .
    The apostrophe came to be omitted, perhaps because it's already was established as a contraction of it is, or by general habit of omitting apostrophes in personal pronouns (hers, yours, theirs, etc ) Can anyone back up either of these arguments? The possessive one's still has the apostrophe, despite these
  • When does the word months get an apostrophe? [duplicate]
    A good rule of thumb is probably: use the possessive apostrophe for nouns ("This book represents eighteen months' hard work"); use no apostrophe for adjectives ("Somehow the task force had fallen eight months behind")
  • apostrophe - Is em short for him, them or both? - English . . .
    I know that the apostrophe can be used to denote the omission of letters in a word, so I'm wondering then if 'em can be used to denote the colloquial shorthand for him, or if it would be more proper to use 'im (and that 'em is really just shorthand for them)





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