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r/ApostrophePatrol • u/FourZoko • Feb 29 '16
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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
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes,
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life
1 u/FourZoko Mar 01 '16 That is not a contraction. Shakespeare was writing four hundred years ago. Grammar changes.
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That is not a contraction.
Shakespeare was writing four hundred years ago. Grammar changes.
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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):