{"id":7755,"date":"2024-12-22T22:52:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T22:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=7755"},"modified":"2024-12-22T22:52:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T22:52:45","slug":"what-does-the-o-in-oclock-stand-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=7755","title":{"rendered":"What Does The \u201cO\u201d in \u201cO\u2019Clock\u201d Stand For?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_8800-849x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_8800-849x1024.jpeg 849w, https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_8800-249x300.jpeg 249w, https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_8800-768x926.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_8800-1274x1536.jpeg 1274w, https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_8800.jpeg 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many aspects of language that native English speakers take for granted. For example, there are words that look like they rhyme but don\u2019t: come and home, and through and cough. This language loves tripping up anyone trying to learn it. It often befuddles its native speakers as well. They may say \u201co\u2019clock\u201d throughout their lives, but if they stop to think, they may wonder: What does the O stand for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quick Grammar Lesson: The punctuation mark known as the apostrophe has two common functions. The first demonstrates ownership using expressions like \u201cchildren\u2019s books\u201d or \u201cthe director\u2019s film\u201d. It is also used in contractions to show that certain words or letters are missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider using \u201cdon\u2019t\u201d instead of \u201cdo not,\u201d or \u201cthere\u2019s\u201d instead of \u201cthere is.\u201d As a result, the apostrophe in o\u2019clock implies that something was skipped, and many people have forgotten what it was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many aspects of language that native English speakers take for granted. For example, there are words that look like they rhyme but don\u2019t: come and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7757,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7755\/revisions\/7757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}