A recent discussion came up in GameDev that suggests that when you are using apostrope for abbreviations, that the correct apostrophe to use when typing is the backtick. On US Keyboards below the escape-key — left of the 1 key. Questions about the difference between the single-quote, and the apostrophe have come up before, but they do not address whether the apostrophe should be typed as if it is a single-quote, or it should be typed as a backtick. A backtick would be my last recommendation.
A straight single-quote is acceptable, and a curly close quote can be substituted as an improvement. In other words, of these three:. I would avoid the first, accept the second, and consider the third to be superior to the other two.
One website says the backtick :. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Which is the correct 'apostrophe' to use when typing?
Asked 7 years, 7 months ago. Active 7 years, 3 months ago. See paragraph In many transliterations of Arabic, the single opening quotation mark represents the letter ayn and the single closing quotation mark represents the letter hamza. And in some systems a single straight quotation mark is used to separate syllables when there is a letter combination that could be read as a digraph. Very good advice! And for alternatives to the left and right single quotation marks in Arabic transliteration, see CMOS 17, paragraph Enter smart quotes.
Smart Quotes Smart quotes are called smart because they depend on a type of artificial intelligence known as autocorrect. But this system has its flaws. Fortunately, all it takes to prevent this common error is a little bit of human intervention. Getting the Right Mark So how do you make sure that you get an apostrophe instead of a left single quotation mark? Find the apostrophe in your character map or symbols menu where it may be listed as a right single quotation mark or single closing quotation mark.
On a virtual keyboard, press and hold down the apostrophe key to get to the real apostrophe. This works with quotation marks too. Your account also allows you to connect with HP support faster, access a personal dashboard to manage all of your devices in one place, view warranty information, case status and more. While we prepare for the move, we are unable to accept new postings. Or if you need technical support for your calculator visit: HP Calculators. This topic has been archived.
Information and links in this thread may no longer be available or relevant. If you have a question create a new topic by clicking here and select the appropriate board. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Level 1. Message 1 of HP Recommended. Tags 2. Tags: Archived. Level Message 2 of Hi deadheaddaveg , I'd like to help you find the apostrophe key, its sound like a "Where's Waldo" kind of game I'd like to say, if you have a standard North American keyboard, the apostrophe should be next tot he Enter key, but I Google'd keyboards and I can not stand behind that statement.
I look forward to hearing from you. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Message 3 of I think one of the things you want to do is "add an input method" for your keyboard. Described in section "Changing the keyboard language" Changing Languages in Windows 8 You can also control the Display language as shown in the guide.
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