The english language. Differences beetwen ' and ´

[Petter]

How come the spell check approves if I spell a contraction Isn't while Isn´t is wrong? The spell check of mozilla firefox also approves if I spell There´s but at the same time There's is also accepted. Are (or Is?) there different kinds of apostrophes?

[pianowolfi]

I think ´ is an accent and ' is a real apostrophe. ´ is mainly used for accented vowels like ó, ú and so on.

[go12_3]

 I only have one which is    '     an apostrophy.      
The other  `  is an accent mark , I suppose???  hummmm

[Bob]

` ` ` ~~~   The accent thing on that key?

Otherwise, how do you type a ' a different way?

[Petter]

I have these three ´ ' ` on a Swedish keyboard, I thought it didn´'`t matter. So ' all the way then I guess?

[thalbergmad]

You do not need a spell check when Hinty is around.

Thal

[iroveashe]

As far as I know ` and ´ are not used in English language and they're meant to go on vowels in, for example, Spanish or French.

[Bob]

Mine's an American keyboard.  What is ` for any way?  That's the other mark from the normal ' 


` ` ` ' ' '

There must be a point of having that standard on US keyboards.

[goldentone]

Mine's an American keyboard.  What is ` for any way?  That's the other mark from the normal ' 


` ` ` ' ' '

There must be a point of having that standard on US keyboards.

It's evidence of the vast middle-wing international conspiracy that manipulates both the right and left wings in their grand plan.  We are slowly being introduced to foreign accents now, and one day we will wake up having forgotten our native English but fluent in all the others.

"   '    ^  `  `  *

[iroveashe]

It's evidence of the vast middle-wing international conspiracy that manipulates both the right and left wings in their grand plan.  We are slowly being introduced to foreign accents now, and one day we will wake up having forgotten our native English but fluent in all the others.

"   '    ^  `  `  *

Don't forget the ¨

[goldentone]

Don't forget the ¨

Absolutement!

[retrouvailles]

\We are slowly being introduced to foreign accents now, and one day we will wake up having forgotten our native English but fluent in all the others.

È la verità! ¡Me olvidé hablar inglés!

[Bob]

But with Word, you type ctrl-' (or ctrl-") to get the accent mark put over a letter, the next letter/vowel you type.  But that's the key combo with the accent over it, not a plain accent by itself.

(Bob's brain begins to overheat as it spins endlessly about this great concern, and others... like what she meant by "If it wasn't for my horse, I never would have made it through college.")