Apostrophe in Latex?

[Girish Sharma]

Is an apostrophe made in Latex by just using a single quote in the input?
For example: John's shoes.

[Scott Pakin]

Post by Girish Sharma
Is an apostrophe made in Latex by just using a single quote in the input?
For example: John's shoes.

Yes. Doesn't it work when you try it? If not, then maybe your text
editor is inserting a "smart" (i.e., curly) quote instead of a straight
quote (ASCII character 39).

-- Scott

[Girish Sharma]

Post by Scott Pakin

Post by Girish Sharma
Is an apostrophe made in Latex by just using a single quote in the input?
For example: John's shoes.

Yes. Doesn't it work when you try it? If not, then maybe your text
editor is inserting a "smart" (i.e., curly) quote instead of a straight
quote (ASCII character 39).
-- Scott

Yes, it works. But I noticed some code that entered math mode and used
superscript accent marks. I was wondering what the standard way to do it is.

Thanks.

[Arthur J. O'Dwyer]

Post by Girish Sharma

Post by Scott Pakin

Post by Girish Sharma
Is an apostrophe made in Latex by just using a single quote in the
input? For example: John's shoes.

Yes. Doesn't it work when you try it?

Yes, it works. But I noticed some code that entered math mode and used
superscript accent marks. I was wondering what the standard way to do it is.

The "superscript accent mark" (straight, slightly diagonal tick) is
referred to in English as a "prime," as in "Take A-prime equal to A plus
one..." It is generally the right thing, in mathematical text.
If you really want an apostrophe glyph in math mode, try using package
'amsmath' and typing

The expression $A'$ has a prime;
the expression $A\text{'}$ has an apostrophe.

-Arthur