• Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I get if you’re not paying much attention to it, but the apostrophe indicates a contraction, idk how that’s counter-intuitive.

    • stankmut@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      The apostrophe is also used for possession. For example, the DoJ’s lawsuit against Apple was filed Thursday morning or Adrian’s baseball went missing. It’s only backwards for its.