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O' Valley of Plenty

Can you explain to me what is "O' Valley of Planty"?

  

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There is no apostrophe after the "O", or should not be. "O" is a word, the vocative "O". It is quite old-fashioned.

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  • There is no apostrophe after the "O", or should not be.
  • "O" is a word, the vocative "O".
  • It is quite old-fashioned.
  • It was used to introduce direct address.
  • It survives in, for example, the name of the Christmas carol "O Come, All Ye Faithful".
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There is no apostrophe after the "O", or should not be. "O" is a word, the vocative "O". It is quite old-fashioned. It was used to introduce direct address. It survives in, for example, the name of the Christmas carol "O Come, All Ye Faithful". It has the distinction of being one of the two single-letter words that are always capitalized.

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