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Is English the only language that uses an apostrophe?

Asked by sjg102379 (1245points) September 11th, 2007
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Are there other punctuation marks that are also used only in English?

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klaas4's avatar

No, in dutch, we say: ” ‘s Avonds ”, wich means ” in the evening ”.

TruMobius's avatar

French uses it too for truncation of words.

andrew's avatar

German uses it as well: Wie Geht’s?

gailcalled's avatar

French uses it when vowel meets vowel; l’addition (f); l’amour (m). C’est (Ce est) moi. Elle m’(me) aime.

gailcalled's avatar

I just remembered that the Donizetti Opera, Elixir of Love, translates into
L’elisir D’amore. So, Italian, I guess, does the same as French when vowel meets vowel, but I am guessing.

sndfreQ's avatar

Hawaiian does too-so guess your theory’s moot

seazen's avatar

Gotta love fluther. Just saying.

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