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apostrophe

An apostrophe is the punctuation that is used to indicate possession, pluralization of abbreviations, and as an indicator of the exclusion of letters such as in a contraction. (noun)

An example of usage of an apostrophe is to add 's to the name John when describing to whom his car belongs.

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See apostrophe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See apostrophe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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