apostrophe
US /əˈpɑstrəfi/
・UK /əˈpɒstrəfi/
B2 中高級
n.名詞省略符號 ； 噸呼法
The sentence 'This book belongs to Jane' can be shortened with an apostrophe to 'This is Jane's book.'
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揭秘五月五日節：美國與墨西哥為什麼要慶祝這一天？（Cinco de Mayo — Do you know the reason for celebrating this annual May 5th Mexican American holiday?）
- but the interesting thing is that "nachos" wasn't originally plural for "nacho." It was a possessive apostrophe "s," as in "belonging to nacho." Given their simplicity, nachos spread rapidly.
在 1943 年，二次世界大戰期間，駐紮在德州伊格爾帕斯邊界小鎮的鄧肯堡的阿兵哥們，他們的妻子們經常會過境到墨西哥的皮耶德拉內格拉斯去購物。
- It was a possessive apostrophe s, as in "belonging to nacho."
想要英文說得比母語人士還好？掌握這個訣竅，你也可以！（How to Speak English BETTER Than Native Speakers (it's easy!)）
- It's with an apostrophe means it is.
你真是個好人。
- It's with an apostrophe means it is.
帶有撇號的 it's 表示 it is。
【看脫口秀學英文】別再給小孩取奇怪的名字了！ (Please Stop Giving Your Children Weird Names. Angel Gaines)
- Capital S-h-a-- hyphen-- capital D-w- at sign-- asterisk-- i-l-- apostrophe-- a-h.
大寫字母 S-h-a 連字號大寫 D-w- @--i-l--撇號--a-h。
- Capital S-H-A hyphen capital D-W at sign asterisk I-L apostrophe A-H.
我看了看名冊。
英文俚語大彙整！「chill out」、「let's chill」到底是什麼意思？ (Slang in English - CHILL - "chill out", "let's chill"...)
英文文法教學：EACH OTHER 與 ONE ANOTHER 的用法大解析！ (Learn English Grammar: EACH OTHER & ONE ANOTHER)
- Now, another situation we have is with the apostrophe. Okay?
另一個有關的是撇號（' ）
- And some people also think you can put the apostrophe
再來，有一些人也會認為，你可以把撇號（' ）
你會說英語嗎？用 WOULD 的縮略語：I'D、YOU'D、HE'D... (Speak English Naturally with WOULD contractions: I'D, YOU'D, HE'D...)
- Okay? So this apostrophe here actually means "woul". Okay? So this means there are all
好嗎？所以這個撇號實際上是"woul"的意思。好麼？所以這意味著有所有
- So this apostrophe here actually means "woul".
"eye-de"。"I'd"，"I'd like some tea.我想喝茶；
兒童總統日冷知識！ (Presidents Day Facts For Kids)
- So, some people believe Washington's birthday, and there are states that call it strictly Washington's birthday, and there are some states and some people who believe it should be called Washington's and Lincoln's birthday, and there are some people in some states that believe it should be called President's Day with the apostrophe between the T and the S.
是以，有些人認為是華盛頓的生日，有些州把它稱作嚴格意義上的華盛頓生日，有些州和有些人認為應該稱作華盛頓和林肯的生日，有些州的有些人認為應該稱作總統日，在 T 和 S 之間加上撇號。
- And then other states put the apostrophe after the S, as we've done in this video, and call it President's Day and spell it this way.
其他州則在 S 後面加上撇號，就像我們在本視頻中所做的那樣，稱之為總統日，並這樣拼寫。
