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Apostrophes are used to indicate that an expression is a contraction (that is, some sounds are left out when the words are said) but not abbreviations, which are indicated by periods. They are also used to indicate possession (at a long-forgotten time these were contractions also). Where a word in written all in caps or including a number (including dates and names which are spelled this way), apostrophes are used in exactly the same way. Examples follow:

Contractions: "I think 2020's going to be an exciting year." "NASA'll be doing less now their budget has been cut."

Posessives: "Experts agree that 1976's fashions were the ugliest ever." "That's the FBI's jurisdiction."

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