Before the seventeenth century the apostrophe was rare .
17世纪以前，撇号很少被运用。
On the old woman 's knee was a large drop of blood shaped like an apostrophe .
在老太太的膝盖上有一个很大的镰刀状的伤口，就像一个撇号。
While this is not to say that the apostrophe should be renounced , there is plenty of evidence that it is on the way out .
虽然这不是说应该废弃撇号，但有充分的证据表明撇号已经过时了。
Maybe it is the errant apostrophe , the splitting of the poor old infinitive , or the use of " like " as a comma .
也许装的是用错的撇号、把可怜的老不定式分离、或是把“象”当作逗号用。
In britain , the apostrophe has , for some time , been vanishing from street signs , much to the chagrin of the apostrophe protection society ( founded 2001 ) .
