import re


def cross_check_apostrophe_total(line):
    """
        Double checks if we found the correct number of apostrophes using
        a simple regular expression on the basic material
        :param line:
        :return counter:
    """
    counter = 0
    if len(line) > 0:
        if isinstance(line, list):
            temp_string = ""
            for i in line:
                temp_string += i
                temp_string += " "
            line = temp_string
        if re.findall("\w*΄\w*|\w*’\w*|\w*'\w*", line):
            counter = len(re.findall("\w*΄\w*|\w*’\w*|\w*'\w*", line))
    return counter