How to use the apostrophe

The apostrophe is used in a number of  ways. 1. To replace missing letters or numbers: Can’t, won’t, shouldn’t, ‘60s, ‘70s A lot of people write abbreviated decades with the apostrophe on the back side (e.g. 60’s, 70’s). That is wrong for two reasons. First, we need an apostrophe to replace the missing number – 19 … Read more