"There's an apostrophe missing. It's and its are different." "I know. It was a typing error."
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Apostrophe
/əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/
Synonyms for "apostrophe" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Noun(2 words)
apostrophic addresscontraction mark
Strong matches (14)
Noun(1 words)
direct address
Adjective(1 words)
literary address
Related words (23)
Noun(3 words)
omission markpossession markrhetorical address
Related word relations
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More general
7 entriesfigure of speechlanguage devicepunctuationpunctuation markrhetorical devicewriting conventionwriting symbol
More specific
7 entriesaddress to absent personaddress to ideaaddress to objectcontracted formelision markerplural possessivesingular possessive
Collocations
5 entriesapostrophe errorapostrophe rulescontraction apostrophemissing apostrophepossessive apostrophe
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The final vowel of a noun or of the definite article can be left out and replaced by an apostrophe.
Source: tatoeba (2758918)
In Esperanto, the final vowel of a noun or of the definite article can be left out and replaced by an apostrophe.
Source: tatoeba (3749257)
TDK has decided to abolish the use of apostrophe in names of institutions.
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