Is there any case in English where an apostrophe for elision is for dropped letters at the end of a word? I can only think of examples where the apostrophe indicates dropped letters mid word as in don't, can't and so on. A dot is the usual indicator of dropped letters at the end of a word. That is, i.e. indicates the dropped letters not i'e' (although ie is also acceptable these days in any case according to Chambers). I can't think of an example of an apostrophe used for dropped letters at the end of a wordk.