The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. This is how it contracts the two words together. It can't be used for everything however. But…by hunting out the right letters, the new word is ...

Until recently, apostrophes were used to form the plurals of abbreviations (MA's), dates (1980's) and words or characters serving as words (if's and but's). Today we don't use an apostrophe with the & ...

He walks softly and carries a big stick. He uses it to make marks that look like little sticks. He prowls the streets at night, terrorizing shopkeepers and sign makers alike. But I’m betting regular ...

A discussion about punctuation marks is like opening the Pandora`s Box. Out come the full stop (.), the comma (,), the semi colon (;), the colon (), the question mark ...

In 2017, an anonymous vigilante spent their nights travelling round the streets of Bristol with their self-made 'apostrophiser'. Their mission: to correct the city’s poorly punctuated signs.

Wednesday was a dark day for the apostrophe, used in the English language to indicate the possessive case ("Joe's Pub") or a contraction ("I'm here."). In New York, apostrophes took center stage in ...