# What is happening to the apostrophe?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-the-apostrophe/149782>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-the-apostrophe/149782 "2003-01-20T12:27:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-the-apostrophe/149782/81 "2003-01-23T14:46:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by voltaire \*  
> What amazes me is that two different people have incorrectly spelled “apost **r** ophe” in a thread about the apost **r** ophe!!!

More than two. But you do realise there’s a difference between not knowing how to spell a word and making a typographical error don’t you? Perhaps we should monitor your posts in future and itemise all your errors?

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-the-apostrophe/149782/82 "2003-01-23T17:58:26Z")

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“Itemize.” Also, “realize.”

😛

(The above is just a joke. Flaming is unwarranted.)

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**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-the-apostrophe/149782/83 "2003-01-23T20:44:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by JohnT \*  
> “Itemize.” Also, “realize.”
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> (The above is just a joke. Flaming is unwarranted.)

As soon as I saw the name on the e-mail I knew what it was going to be, John. But maybe I was too harsh to **voltaire**? No offence (or even offense) intended ;).

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