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	The apostrophe looks the same as a [[quotation mark glyphs\|closing single quotation mark]], although they have different meanings. The apostrophe also looks similar to, but is not the same as, the [[prime symbol]] (′), which is used to indicate measurement in feet or [[Minute of arc\|arcminutes]], as well as for various mathematical purposes, and the [[ʻokina]] (ʻ), which represents a glottal stop in Polynesian languages. Such incorrect substitutes as [[´]] (acute) and [[`]] (grave) are common in unprofessional texts, where an ambiguous treatment of the apostrophe in [[digital typesetting]] (as [[#Computing\|explained below]]) is a major factor of this confusion.		The apostrophe looks the same as a [[quotation mark glyphs\|closing single quotation mark]], although they have different meanings. The apostrophe also looks similar to, but is not the same as, the [[prime symbol]] (′), which is used to indicate measurement in feet or [[Minute of arc\|arcminutes]], as well as for various mathematical purposes, and the [[ʻokina]] (ʻ), which represents a glottal stop in Polynesian languages. Such incorrect substitutes as [[´]] (acute) and [[`]] (grave) are common in unprofessional texts, where an ambiguous treatment of the apostrophe in [[digital typesetting]] (as [[#Computing\|explained below]]) is a major factor of this confusion.

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The '''apostrophe''' (<span style="font-family:serif"> ’</span> or ' ) is a [[punctuation]] mark, and sometimes a [[diacritic]]al mark, in languages that use the [[Latin alphabet]] or certain other alphabets. In English, it serves three purposes:
* The marking of the omission of one or more letters (as in the [[Contraction (grammar)|contraction]] of ''do not'' to ''don't'').
* The marking of [[possessive case]] (as in ''the eagle's feathers'', or ''in one month's time'').
* The marking by some as [[plural]] of written items that are not words established in English [[orthography]] (as in ''P's and Q's''). (This is considered incorrect by others; see [[#Use in forming certain plurals|Use in forming certain plurals]]. The use of the apostrophe to form plurals of proper words, as in ''apple's'', ''banana's'', etc., is universally considered incorrect.)

''Apostrophe'' comes ultimately from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἡ ἀπόστροφος [προσῳδία] (''hē apóstrophos'' [''prosōidía''], "[the accent of] 'turning away', or elision"), through [[Latin language|Latin]] and [[French language|French]].

The apostrophe looks the same as a [[quotation mark glyphs|closing single quotation mark]], although they have different meanings. The apostrophe also looks similar to, but is not the same as, the [[prime symbol]] (′), which is used to indicate measurement in feet or [[Minute of arc|arcminutes]], as well as for various mathematical purposes, and the [[ʻokina]] (ʻ), which represents a glottal stop in Polynesian languages. Such incorrect substitutes as [[´]] (acute) and [[`]] (grave) are common in unprofessional texts, where an ambiguous treatment of the apostrophe in [[digital typesetting]] (as [[#Computing|explained below]]) is a major factor of this confusion.

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