cottonwood (a tree)
pronghorn (antelope)
marrowfat (a pea)
arrowhead (a plant)
matchlock (a gun)
(Care should be taken not to apply this rule in cases where it does not really fit. Thus, any one, one’s self, etc., are often wrongly printed as anyone, oneself, etc.)
Apostrophe[’]. —The apostrophe is used in the possessive case of nouns, to denote the plural of figures and letters, and to mark the elision of letters at the beginning or middle of a word, and the omission of figures in a number or date.
Example:—John’s, men’s, 2’s, 7’s, p’s and q’s, I’ve, I’ll, don’t, won’t, Po’keepsie, tho’, ’92, ’76.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKS
Ellipsis [* * * *] signifies a leaving out, defect, omission.