# Lone Apostrophes Turning in to '

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lone-apostrophes-turning-in-to-39/330652>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [February 22, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lone-apostrophes-turning-in-to-39/330652 "2013-02-22T12:36:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Craig\_Mansfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Craig\_Mansfield](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Craig_Mansfield)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lone-apostrophes-turning-in-to-39/330652/1 "2013-02-22T12:36:14Z")

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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][http://www.kirupa.com/html5/creating\_email\_contact\_form.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/html5/creating_email_contact_form.htm)  
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Hi [/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]The contact form code is lovely, but when I type words like “I’m” the apostrophe shows as [COLOR=#c00000]’[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]The queer thing is, when I type an apostrophe on it’s own, it works fine, as do other characters, like[COLOR=#C00000] .!?{}.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I’m wondering if it’s something to do with copying text from an online article, and using editplus, which can have some confusion between c[/SIZE][SIZE=3]harset=utf-8[/SIZE][COLOR=#881280] [/COLOR][SIZE=3]and MOD.I’ve got no idea.My code starts with[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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and I have  
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Do you have any ideas why I’m getting[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=monospace]Thanks Kirupa.Craig[/FONT]  
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