Assertion: apostrophe | /r/ObjectUse | used following french practice
Facets:
value: from the 16th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: From the 16th century, following French practice, the apostrophe was used when a vowel letter was omitted either because of incidental elision (I'm for I am) or because the letter no longer represented a sound (lov'd for loved).