Apostrophes

"Apostrophes" in a Sentence (3 examples)

Tatoeba: the only place where the use of different apostrophes is controversial.

To automatically use straight apostrophes and quotation marks on the iPhone, just go to the settings, go to 'General,' go to 'Keyboards,' and turn Smart Punctuation off.

You're supposed to use straight apostrophes.

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