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Why is there an apostrophe in birds in “The bird’s eat ‘em”?
its the comma.
the apostrophe is there because “‘em” is a contraction of “them.” that’s what apostrophes do.
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November 9th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Why is there an apostrophe in birds in “The bird’s eat ‘em”?
April 6th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
its the comma.
April 13th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
the apostrophe is there because “‘em” is a contraction of “them.”
that’s what apostrophes do.