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What is the noun for apostrophe?

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apostrophe
  1. (orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Blog entries lean heavily on the greengrocer's apostrophe, with numerous photographs of offending signs.”
      “This is the only example of an apostrophe used in a place name in New Zealand.”
      “We all know that in English you form the possessive by adding an apostrophe.”
apostrophectomy
  1. The removal of incorrect apostrophes, especially those wrongly used to form plurals (greengrocer's apostrophes).
  2. Examples:
    1. Apostrophectomy might not be pleasant but I don't think it's illegal.”
apostrophe
  1. (rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Blog entries lean heavily on the greengrocer's apostrophe, with numerous photographs of offending signs.”
      “This is the only example of an apostrophe used in a place name in New Zealand.”
      “We all know that in English you form the possessive by adding an apostrophe.”
apostrophy
  1. Archaic spelling of apostrophe.
apostrophectomies
  1. plural of apostrophectomy
apostrophes
  1. plural of apostrophe
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Google ignores most punctuation, except apostrophes, hyphens and quote marks.”
      “Bad spellings, misplaced commas and apostrophes may be acceptable in text messages.”
      “We began by having a heated discussion on the use of apostrophes and whether the contractive use and the possessive use can be combined.”
apostrophies
  1. plural of apostrophy
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