Apostrophe
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The apostrophe is a punctuation mark and sometimes a diacritical mark in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other writing systems. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes
Sign at Leeds railway station, England, with an extraneous apostrophe crossed out
Advertisement with three superfluous apostrophes
A Postrophe Rules Bicycle's Will Be Removed
Martha's Vineyard
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Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in Massachusetts, lying just south of Cape Cod. It is known for being a popular, affluent summer colony and includes the peninsula Cha
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…since 1890 so as not to show ownership of the place. Only five names of natural features in the US are officially spelled with a genitive apostrophe: Martha's Vineyard; Ike's Point, New Jersey; John E's Pond, Rhode Island; Carlos Elmer's Joshua View, Arizona; and Clark's Mountain, Oregon. Some municipalities, originally…
Old Whaling Church, Edgartown Village Historic District
Historic house next to the Whaling Church
Gingerbread cottages at Wesleyan Grove, Oak Bluffs
Dike Bridge, Chappaquiddick