
Apostrophe vs. Single Quote - English Language & Usage Stack …
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 …
Apostrophe s' or s's - When to use each? [duplicate]
Nov 28, 2019 · Closed 5 years ago. In this sentence should I use Apostrophe as s's or s'? I am always confused with what exactly the rule behind s' and s's. The sentence is: Hours later …
Which one is correct: "bachelor's and master's degrees", or …
Oct 7, 2019 · It is not a duplicate. I know there is apostrophe in master's degree, and there is no apostrophe in doctoral degree. However, I'm not sure if there are apostrophes in formulation …
punctuation - Apostrophe after first use of acronym - English …
Jul 30, 2016 · If I am writing a letter and I use an office title for the first time, I will include the acronym, but if the office title has a possessive, apostrophe s, will the acronym have the …
What is the proper apostrophe placement when using the letter N …
Possible Duplicate: What rules determine the apostrophe placement in “ham 'n eggs” and similar expressions? What is the proper apostrophe placement for using the letter N in place of the …
apostrophe - It's unconventional, but is "T's & C's" technically ...
Oct 18, 2014 · It looks a bit weird and isn't the commonly used term, but is it not correct? The apostrophe would be marking the shortening of "terms" to "t" and "conditions" to "c", of course.
punctuation - Any reference on the usage of a backtick and single ...
Mar 30, 2016 · A paper by Michael Everson written in 1999, On the apostrophe and quotation mark, with a note on Egyptian transliteration characters, submitted as working group document …
English notation for hour, minutes and seconds
May 17, 2013 · 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, …
apostrophe - Is it "men's" or "mens'"? And what's the rule?
Jul 26, 2020 · 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 …
grammar - Two year's experience or two years' experience or two …
Dec 29, 2015 · 0 I will disagree, and support the position that an apostrophe indicating possession is now not necessary in such phrases - where the plural is being used. So two weeks notice …