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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We also don't use apostrophes for plural words.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Plenty of us do, unfortunately!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The apostrophe abbreviates the es (to 's) that used to be part of the English possessive (as it still is on some words that end s)

It's a bit shit. Lots of people have trouble with it, lots of English as a second language people have trouble with not understanding what is replaced by the apostrophe