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Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
The apostophe is sometimes used for the omission of letters in the pronounciation of words.
Also in the case of possession, "Boogster's" is simply short for "Boogster his"
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No it's not.
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Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
I have learned in the past that using "you've", "you'd" or anything with an apostrophe that indicates an abbreviation of a word, with the exception of possessive constructions, isn't proper written English.
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Nonsense. It might be discouraged in guides to formal writing, but it's certainly not improper.