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The apostrophe (' or ’) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for three basic purposes: The marking of the omission of one or more letters, e.g. the contraction of "do not" to "don't".
- Its Versus It's
- Possession
- The Intrusive Apostrophe
- Writing Dialogue Or Titles
- Plural
The most common grammatical mistake in written English is to put it's where itsis correct. Its: a possessive adjective and pronoun of the personal pronoun it. 1. The cat chased its tail. (correct) 2. The tyre lost it's grip. (wrong) It's: a contraction of the verbal phrase it is or it has. 1. It's mine. (correct; check: It is mine) 2. It's been her...
Apostrophes are also used to show something belongs to someone (or something). Again, correct uses can be expanded: 1. Mike's car. (correct; the car that belongs to Mike) 2. The dog's ball. (correct; the ball that belongs to the dog) 3. Those dog's are large. (wrong; here "dogs" is a pluralword)
Comes in plurals which don't (do not) need it. Do not put an apostrophe in word ending in s, such as a plural. Put an apostrophe, or 's, at the end of the word instead. 1. Mr. Jones' hat or Mr. Jones's hat. (both correct) 2. Both of my parents' birthdays. (correct) 3. CD's and DVD's(wrong; not possessive. See "Plural" section below) 4. Apple's and ...
Apostrophes are also used when other words are shortened, as in slang: 1. Go get 'em tiger! or Li'l Bow Bow. This is just a version of the abbreviationfunction.
To make a word that doesn't (does not) usually exist as a plural into a plural, an apostrophe is occasionally used. See these examples: 1. How many A's did you get this year?Here it is wrong because it is not needed. 2. The poll received many yes's and very few no's.Here it is sensible because without it the words 'yess' and 'nos' look quite peculi...
The apostrophe shows where this has happened. Sometimes we join two words together, like would've for would have . This is known as a contraction and the apostrophe in this case shows where the ...
The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. In this example, the letter 'a'. Sometimes, you will need to rearrange the letters a bit when you contract the words.
English punctuation. Punctuation in the English language helps the reader to understand a sentence through visual means other than just the letters of the alphabet. [1] English punctuation has two complementary aspects: phonological punctuation, linked to how the sentence can be read aloud, particularly to pausing; [2] and grammatical ...
The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. In this example, the letter a. Sometimes, however, you need to rearrange the letters a bit when you contract the words.
A contraction is a word (or set of numbers) in which one or more letters (or numbers) have been omitted. The apostrophe shows this omission. Contractions are common in speaking and in informal writing. To use an apostrophe to create a contraction, place an apostrophe where the omitted letter (s) would go.
