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The apostrophe serves to show possession or to create a contraction. When the apostrophe is in a contraction, it is replacing one or more letters (e.g., "cannot"->"can't"... the apostrophe replaces the letters "no").
Since an apostrophe isn't those letters, it is an impostor.
Therefore, when the apostrophe is used in a contraction, it is called an "impostorphe."
Since an apostrophe isn't those letters, it is an impostor.
Therefore, when the apostrophe is used in a contraction, it is called an "impostorphe."
Them -> 'em (' replaces "th") as in "Let's get 'em!"
The impostorphe is the subsitute or "impostor" for the letters it replaces.
The impostorphe is the subsitute or "impostor" for the letters it replaces.
by Xenoglott May 16, 2010
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