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apostrophectomies

apostrophectomies is the plural of apostrophectomy.

Meaning of apostrophectomy

Noun

apostrophectomy (plural apostrophectomies)

  1. The removal of incorrect apostrophes, especially those wrongly used to form plurals (greengrocer's apostrophes).
    • apostrophectomy is a famously painful procedure, and the rate of reinfection is very high. there are also many attested cases where a perfectly functional apostrophe was inappropriately excised.2000 March 30, Arnold Zwicky, “Re: I'm *famous*”, in soc.motss (Usenet), retrieved 07 Mar 2017, message-ID <8bvtf0$p7d@Turing.Stanford.EDU>

Questions about apostrophectomies

What is apostrophectomies the plural of?
Apostrophectomies is the plural of apostrophectomy.

Words near apostrophectomies in the dictionary

  1. apostosis
  2. apostrophal
  3. apostrophation
  4. apostrophations
  5. apostrophe
  6. apostrophectomies
  7. apostrophectomy
  8. apostrophed
  9. apostropheless
  10. apostrophes
  11. apostrophi

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