Assertion: apostrophe | /r/CapableOf | use by geoffrey tory
Facets:
value: to show
type: PURPOSE
value: in 1529
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: As with many controversial ideas, the apostrophe made its way to England from over the Channel in France, where it had first used by Geoffrey Tory in 1529 to show where a letter (usually a vowel) had been dropped: for example, l’hôtel instead of le hotel.