(1) pupils claimed that had been taught to apostrophize plurals(2) I didn't apostrophize my plurals in my post.(3) it isn't just any poet who could apostrophize his clapped-out van(4) I hate when I apostrophize words incorrectly and there is no edit feature.(5) Both frequently apostrophize unidentified addressees, and both manipulate pronouns in intriguing ways, but his lyrics imply mundane, domestic situations.(6) In lyrics, I would claim, this possibility of address reveals a fundamental structure - whether the poem actually apostrophizes anyone or anything.(7) Moreover, there are no examples of collectives being apostrophized with the regularity that this personification receives.(8) Lucy apostrophizes the elements as her demonic foe.(9) This apostrophises the palm tree as the source of nourishment, and something to be worshipped possibly a symbol for the Mother of God herself, but in any case further evidence of the earth ‘coming to the aid of the child’.(10) Personally I think there is a case for omitting the apostrophe when the word which might be apostrophised describes, either on its own or as part of a compound adjective, what sort of noun it is, rather than who it belongs to.
