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The words Of the clock form the contraction o'clock.

Sentences:

The elderly man looked at his timepiece. "I will give the boy till 3 of the clock to return the silver he stole!"

"I heard a loud noise at 1 of the clock, but I believed it was the maid stoking the fireplace. Then, at 2 of the clock, I found her at the bottom of the stairs."

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Why is there a apostrophe in oclock?

Yes, because "o'clock" is a contraction of "of the clock".


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The contraction o'clock is from the phrase "of the clock" or "on the clock".The simple way to decide where the apostrophe goes is that it shows where the missing letters were. As in "do not" becoming the contraction "don't" -- the apostrophe is where the second O was taken out.


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Does o'clock have a long or short o?

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