punctuation

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Any punctuation experts out there? Should there be an apostrophe in the word Hallowe'en ? I feel that there should be. Does anyone know?

[jno]

sorry, ABerrant!

As for '''Hallow'e'en''' (those are apostrophes, not quote marks).... dunno.

[scakebread]

I read somewhere recently someone's statement that the primary purpose of an apostrophe was to allow those who understood its use to feel superior to those who didn't...