apostrophe

[rowens]

Lately I've been seeing the apostrophe tilted at different angles. I've seen it a lot, and I wonder is it worth pointing out in critique?

[Leanne]

I haven't even noticed it -- is it a special character? I'm not worried about its angle, but misuse of the language's most important little squiggle certainly bothers me. Don't apostrophise a plural please people!

[rowens]

It looks like an accent. Or like single quotes. I thought maybe the auto-correct did it, mistaking it for a single quote. Like when someone writes: 'bove or 'bout.


Something like: the man‘s; then something like: the cat’s.

[Card]

It looks like an accent. Or like single quotes. I thought maybe the auto-correct did it, mistaking it for a single quote. Like when someone writes: 'bove or 'bout.


Something like: the man‘s; then something like: the cat’s.

Right... I don't have those keys on my board, but I think those are just single quotes, angled differently to emphasize the fact they're enclosing something.

But I dunno. My apostrophes are straight.

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Opened up Word, typed up a quick exclamation using single quotes, and yes: those are "smart quotes." That's when the computer angles or flips quotes, to make the enclosed space more obvious.

I'm not sure why (or how) they would get used interchangeably, but technically that is still an apostrophe either way. Also, some different fonts may do some wonky shit to characters, so that may be doing something.

And no, I wouldn't really point that out in critique, but as Leanne says: use them properly!
Only time they're used is in contractions, or possessive cases. "It's/its" I can understand, but in most cases, I can't help but think that a lot of grammar is caused by the educational system teaching rules, and not reasons.

[billy]

I haven't even noticed it -- is it a special character? I'm not worried about its angle, but misuse of the language's most important little squiggle certainly bothers me. Don't apostrophise a plural please people!

so plural's shouldn't be apostrophised then . got it.