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World Wide Words: Possessive Apostrophes

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This site discusses the misuse of the apostrophe, such as using an apostrophe in a word which is a simple plural, now known as "greengrocer's apostrophe", the contraction it/it's, who's/whose, etc. A trend toward dropping the possessive apostrophe in certain advertising and social settings is discussed as well.

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