Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - apostrophe(1)
Apostrophe(1)
apostrophe(1)
n. a punctuation mark used to indicate: 1 theomission of letters or numbers (e.g. can't; he's; 1 Jan. '92). 2 the possessive case (e.g. Harry's book; boys' coats). [F apostrophe or LL apostrophus f. Gk apostrophos accent of elision f. apostrepho turnaway (as APO-, strepho turn)]