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  • Sarahundefined Offline
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    Sarah
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    Particularly useful piece of English [punctuation] for making yourself look [stupid]. You can do this in three main ways:

    1. Putting an apostrophe in when it's completely unnecessary.
    2. Leaving it out when it's needed.
    3. Putting it in the wrong place.
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    • Mark Zuckerbergundefined Offline
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      A [punctuation] mark often erroneously used to [indicate] Beware of oncoming S! as in [Apples] 3 for .

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        The most overused and underappreciated punctuation mark utilized in the writing of the English language. It is used to indicate the [omission] of a letter (elision) or letters in a word, to connect words pronounced successively (contraction), or to indicate possession.
        Alternatively, and much less contemporary, is the use of the term apostrophe to indicate a short address by a character in a play or poem to an absent party or an inanimate object. [The apostrophe] in this sense allows the audience a look into the speakers thoughts toward a person or object that cannot respond (similar to a [soliloquy]).

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          The highly [unlikely], yet considerably dangerous state in which both [the apocalypse], and a [catastrophe], are simultaniously occuring.

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            a rather fine song, from a rather fine album of the same name, by [Frank] Zappa- [Jack Bruce] played [bass] on much of it...

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            • Oraleeundefined Offline
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              Oralee
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              Not a piece of urban slang at all, but an important punctuation mark in written English, which I pride myself on knowing how to use correctly.
              However, in my definition for [Stoke-on-Trent], I have noticed that I made an error and put one in where it didnt belong ([story of my life]...).
              Therefore, Im putting this in to make myself feel better.
              Wow, [what a waste] of your time if you read all that! Sorry!

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                just a symbol to remind you [that theres] more to see, just a product of [the system], a [catastrophe]

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