Punctuation

[number8]

Is it still correct to write 'phone, or is phone without an apostrophe now acceptable?

[Quizmonster]

Either with or without the apostrophe is perfectly acceptable to both The Oxford English and to Chambers dictionaries.

[IndieSinger]

What about photo' versus photo?

[Quizmonster]

Re dictionaries above - generally recognised as the 'bibles' of English usage - neither offers photo'.

[Janetex]

But 'phone is still not a verb??????

[Quizmonster]

'Phone - with an opening apostrophe - is still acceptable whether used as a noun or a verb. However, in the natural way of things, such 'elaborations' are slowly disappearing. Of all people, those of my generation would probably be the most likely to retain these...however, it would never even occur to me to use the apostrophised format! Forget it, basically, is my advice.