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Is AI Proficient in Apostrophes? Understanding AI’s Handling of Apostrophes

The English language.

Regia Marinho
3 min readAug 19, 2023
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But first, What is an apostrophe?

An apostrophe is a mark ‘ when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in `isn’t’ and `we’ll. ‘ It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in `Mary’s car.

AI, including the GPT-3.5 model, can be proficient in handling apostrophes and other punctuation marks.

It has been trained on a vast amount of text data, which includes properly punctuated sentences.

As a result, AI models generally have a good understanding of how apostrophes are used in contractions (e.g., “don’t” for “do not”) and possessive forms (e.g., “dog’s bone” to indicate ownership by a dog).

However, like any automated system, AI can still make mistakes, including punctuation errors.

It’s always a good idea to review the output of AI-generated text and make corrections if necessary, especially for critical or formal contexts where precise punctuation is crucial.

The apostrophe is a punctuation mark that is used commonly in the English language.

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Regia Marinho
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