For Apostrophe we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Non-Profit Marketing and Poetry.

Apostrophe (Non-Profit Marketing)

A punctuation mark used to show possession. Also used in contractions, which should be avoided in formal prose.

Apostrophe (Poetry)

Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea. The poem God's World by Edna St. Vincent Millay begins with an apostrophe: “O World, I cannot hold thee close enough!/Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!/Thy mists that roll and rise!”

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