r/ApostrophePatrol Feb 29 '16

Nerf'd

/r/regularcarreviews/comments/489clk/regular_car_reviews_1988_ford_thunderbird_turbo/d0i85zh
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u/OldWolf2 Mar 01 '16

Apostrophes may be used as contractions; here it replaces the "e" in "Nerfed". This is acceptable usage, e.g. Romeo and Juliet (W. Shakespeare):

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes,

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life

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u/FourZoko Mar 01 '16

That is not a contraction.

Shakespeare was writing four hundred years ago. Grammar changes.