apostrophe

/əˈpɒstrəfi/ noun [C]

Translation

ABSENT › a mark (') used to show that letters or numbers are absent

(') işareti, kesme işareti

I'm (= I am) hungry. I graduated in '98 (= 1998).345

BELONGING › a punctuation mark (') used before the letter 's' to show that something belongs to someone or something

bir noktalama işareti, kesme işareti

I drove my brother's car. 345

(Definition of apostrophe noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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