I've seen (I'm) written as (I\'m) recently, why use this form and what's its meaning?

Question

So, I've graduated some time ago...and up until now I write
I am in text as I'm...yet lately I've seen it written as I\'m, why is this form used now, more so on internet sites?

Answer 1

I often use that but always by accident. If I want to backspace over a part of a word to make a correction while touch-typing I sometimes hit the "\" key which is just below the 'backspace" key.

it is so easy for a fast typist to do that I am not surprised it is showing up so often. Think of it as sloppy proof reading, not as a new trend in computerized grammar.

Answer 2

More than likely, it is a typographical error.

The other possibility is that someone thinks that they are using some sort of text mark-up language (like HTML) where you have to enter a sequence of characters in order to see a special character. I can't imiagine why they would think you have to do this for an apostraphe -- it is usually ised to add accents to vowels.

I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.

Answer 3

It's a mistake. The foreward slash is right next to the apostrphe AND the space on the keyboard. It's just an honest mistake.

Answer 4

Without the actual context in which it was used, it's difficult to determine, but superficially, it looks like a typo.

Answer 5

Perhaps because \ is pretty close to ' on the keyboard, so they're hitting it by accident? I'm not sure, but that's a possibility.

Answer 6

the apostrophe button and dash button are right next to each other on the keyboard. easy mistake to hit both...

Answer 7

maybe someone's finger is hitting both the keys at the same time??

/ is pretty much underneath the '.

Answer 8

I have no idea. It isn't grammatically correct.

Answer 9

probly typos.
i've never seen it