What is an apostrophe? The symbol (‘) is called an apostrophe in the English language. It is an important punctuation mark which is often used incorrectly in English.
What is an Apostrophe?
An apostrophe is used to show that certain letters have been omitted from a word (contractions, i.e. she’s, it’s…). The apostrophe symbol can also be used to show the possessive form of a noun (possessive apostrophe, i.e. John’s books,…), in addition to indicating the plural form of lowercase letters.
An apostrophe is a punctuation mark that we use for one of three principal reasons:
- To show possession.
- To show contraction.
- To show plurality (for letters, numbers, and symbols).