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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)
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
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?
What is the short form for little ? Is it lil or lil? It is often spelled with an apostrophe as "Lil'" or "Li'l" When used as a prefix in comic or animation it can refer to a specific style of drawing where the characters appear in a chubby, childlike style These are normally characterisations of adults (real or fictional) and are particularly common in Manga or satire (such as Lil Bush)
apostrophe - Etymology of let us and lets - English Language . . . 5 Why the apostrophe? The brainchild of a Frenchman called Geoffroy Tory, the apostrophe was born in 1529 and adopted by British typographers in 1559 Originally, its use was to show a missing vowel letter, and it was used mainly to show spoken English, as in a play script In the case of ‘let's’, the apostrophe substituted the letter -u
apostrophe - Is em short for him, them or both? - English . . . 9 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)