...join the parts of compound words; and to divide words, as at the end of a line. THE APOSTROPHE The apostrophe (') is used to mark the omission of a letter or letters, or of figures; or to distinguish the possessive case. The apostrophe is not used in the possessive...

...Schools, Bird Center, 111. JAMES P. ROBINSON Superintendent o] Schools BIRD CENTER, ILL. July i, 191 1 162. The comma is always placed inside the quotation...letter or letters in the contraction of a word, or offigures in a number: ne'er, don't, 'twas, "takin" me 'at"; m'f'g; the class of '96. (See 123.) 164....

...is always placed inside the quotation marks, but it follows the parenthesis. THE APOSTROPHE 42. The apostrophe is used to mark the omission of a letter...'twas, "takin' me 'at"; m'f'g; the class of '96. (See chap, iii, sec. 23; chap, v, sec. I.) 43. The possessive case of nouns, common and proper, is formed...

...Thucydides' History. To show the omission of figures in dates; as, the gold-seekers of '49; the boys of '61. To mark the omission of a letter or letters in the contraction of a word. Use a s-em space in such forms as it 's, 't is, 't was, 'twill, 't would, he '11, I 'd, you 'd, etc.;...

...the quotation marks, but following the parentheses, if the context requires it at all. APOSTROPHE — ne'er, don't, 'twas, "takin' me "at"; m'f'g; the class...by the addition of an apostrophe, or apostrophe and 5 (see 113): a man's word, horses' tails; Scott's Ivanhoe, Jones's farms, Themistocles' era; for appearance'...

...placed inside the quotation marks, but following the parenthesis, if the context requires it at all. APOSTROPHE — 163. An apostrophe is used to mark...contraction of a word, or of figures in a number. In the case of contractions containing a verb and the negative, do not use space between the two components...