Plural of apostrophe
regular plural
The plural of apostrophe is apostrophes.
Forms of apostrophe
| Singular | apostrophe /əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | apostrophes |
| Countable | countable |
Apostrophes in a sentence
- The vast majority of letters concerned misplaced apostrophes, of course, in potato’s and lemon’s.2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “The Tractable Apostrophe”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London…. From the entry greengrocer's apostrophe
- When applied in English it produces greengrocer's apostrophes.2004, Joy Burrough-Boenisch, Righting English That's Gone Dutch. From the entry greengrocer's apostrophe
Meaning of apostrophe
- noun The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
- noun A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
- noun An arrangement of chlorophyll grains perpendicular to the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to epistrophe (an arrangement on the outer surface).
Questions about the plural of apostrophe
- What is the plural of apostrophe?
- The plural of apostrophe is apostrophes.
- Is apostrophe countable?
- Apostrophe is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: apostrophe (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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