Axing the apostrophe

Adrian Room

doi:10.1017/S0266078400004119

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Axing the apostrophe

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 October 2008

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What would English be like if it completely lost its most contentious and troublesome punctuation mark?

Type: Research Article
Information: English Today , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1989 , pp. 21 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078400004119 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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Axing the apostrophe

Volume 5, Issue 3
Adrian Room
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078400004119

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