How to Use apostrophe in a Sentence

apostrophe

noun

• When a name ends in an s or a z sound, does the apostrophe belong at the end, as in Jones’?
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2021
• At some point in the 1970s, its name lost the apostrophe used by its lesser sisters.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2021
• Meaning, with an apostrophe to mark where the word has been shortened.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2022
• At some point over the years, an unnecessary apostrophe was added.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2022
• The apostrophe on the cover is upside down—a small yet powerful symbol of subverting the status quo.
  — Jennifer "jay" Palumbo, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• And two claim the holiday as Presidents Day (no apostrophe).
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
• Allowing for all that, about 14 states appear to refer to the holiday as President's Day (note the apostrophe before the letter s).
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
• Another 10 call it Presidents' Day (note the apostrophe after the letter s).
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
• The correct apostrophe later and perplexingly vanished from the name.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• But focus instead on that apostrophe in the title: This is Hopper’s New York, emphasis on the possessive, and for all its crowd-pleasing fare this is a more challenging show about his dominion over the city.
  — Karen Rosenberg, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
• That worries people with names that have a hyphen, apostrophe or other special character.
  — cleveland, 3 Sep. 2020
• Our annual reminder: Presidents Day, without the apostrophe, is our style for what will be celebrated this year on Monday, Feb. 20.
  — WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
• In 2021, Papa Johns rebranded and removed the apostrophe from the company name, another step in moving away from company founder Schnatter.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 21 Feb. 2023
• There is too much alphabet in the hospital rooms of my country, too much, too much alphabet, no place to stick an apostrophe; paint falls off the walls, showering us with words incomprehensible like men who, in wartime, refuse to speak.
  — Lesyk Panasiuk, The Atlantic, 8 May 2022
• That gerund possessive calls for the apostrophe: Beijing’s further expanding….
  — WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
• About the same time reporters were gathering with Balaam on Tuesday, Renner posted an Instagram photo of himself in a hospital bed and a message, missing an apostrophe.
  — Scott Sonner, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023
• Officials said children with an apostrophe in their first or last names all had their cards accidentally deactivated by a processing partner.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
• Everyone is exasperated over three little letters and an apostrophe.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2021
• When a name ends in an s or a z sound, does the apostrophe belong at the end, as in Jones’?
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2021
• At some point in the 1970s, its name lost the apostrophe used by its lesser sisters.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2021
• Meaning, with an apostrophe to mark where the word has been shortened.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2022
• At some point over the years, an unnecessary apostrophe was added.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2022
• The apostrophe on the cover is upside down—a small yet powerful symbol of subverting the status quo.
  — Jennifer "jay" Palumbo, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• And two claim the holiday as Presidents Day (no apostrophe).
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
• Allowing for all that, about 14 states appear to refer to the holiday as President's Day (note the apostrophe before the letter s).
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
• Another 10 call it Presidents' Day (note the apostrophe after the letter s).
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
• The correct apostrophe later and perplexingly vanished from the name.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• But focus instead on that apostrophe in the title: This is Hopper’s New York, emphasis on the possessive, and for all its crowd-pleasing fare this is a more challenging show about his dominion over the city.
  — Karen Rosenberg, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
• That worries people with names that have a hyphen, apostrophe or other special character.
  — cleveland, 3 Sep. 2020
• Our annual reminder: Presidents Day, without the apostrophe, is our style for what will be celebrated this year on Monday, Feb. 20.
  — WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 9 May 2024