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Upon Noticing Dropped Apostrophes In Contractions Apparently there's a scarcity on apostrophes. Please don't panic. Perhaps there's an attempt in progress to make language less self-possessive. More outgoing. Or is that the apostrophe has lost its popularity? I have always felt a special kinship with apostrophes. It troubles me deeply that apostrophes aren't given their proper due. I respect apostrophes. As indication of plural or parts missing I should think the apostrophe indispensable. Indeed, the whole idea of the apostrophe to indicate what is missing I find rather poignant and sad. A tiny epitaph of sorts. The loss of the apostrophe. Unthinkable. Discarded like an old relic cast out. It's though a wild hair has been plucked from the head of the english language; and now bare as a baby's butt upon a bearskin the english language must go about its dirty business on its own. Ernest Slyman HomePage www.geocities.com/soho/7514 email: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%