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Does apostrophes have an apostrophe?

Answer:

The word apostrophe forms a normal plural as apostrophes.

The possessive forms would be:
apostrophe's (singular) - "The apostrophe's use in contractions is fairly standardized."
apostrophes' (plural) - "The apostrophes' positions are wrong in some of his words."

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