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The apostrophe serves to show possession or to create a contraction. When the apostrophe is in a contraction, it is replacing one or more letters (e.g., "cannot"->"can't"... the apostrophe replaces the letters "no"). Since an apostrophe isn't those letters, it is an impostor. Therefore, when the apostrophe is used in a contraction, it is called an "impostorphe."
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