Apostrophes: Letter or Digit Omission

The American Heritage Dictionary, The AP Stylebook, The Chicago Manual of Style, and the Merriam-Webster Guide to Punctuation & Style suggest that an apostrophe replace certain letters or digits that have been omitted.

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Note: The Chicago Manual of Style suggests that in certain cases when letters are omitted in more than one place, a writer need use only one apostrophe.

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Other Uses of the Apostrophe

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