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C5A1
Apostrophe
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C5A1.1
Use an apostrophe in contractions to show where
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letters or numbers have been left out.
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could not = couldn't let us = let's
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the 1990s = the '90s it is = it's
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of the clock = o'clock
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C5A1.2
Use an apostrophe to form the plural of letters.
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Mind your p's and q's.
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More information
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Apostrophes with Numbers
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C5A1.3
Use
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's
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to form some possessives:
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Singular nouns
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dog's bone Maria's ball
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one year's time brother-in-law's family
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car's color the water's edge
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Plural nouns that do not end in
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s
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phenomena's occurrence sheep's wool
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children's toys women's hats
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bacteria's virulence feet's position
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Indefinite pronouns
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anyone's business everybody's opinion
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someone's gloves
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Note
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: The possessive form of
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it
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does not take an
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apostrophe:
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Its
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nose is cold.
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The word
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it's
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is the contraction for
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it is
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.
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C5A1.4
Add only an apostrophe (after the
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s
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) to form the
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possessive of a plural ending in
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-s
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,
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-es
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, or
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-ies
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.
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butterflies' flowers foxes' holes
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board of directors' meeting five cents' worth
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analyses' results parentheses' location
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two weeks' vacation
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C5A1.5
Delete
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unnecessary apostrophe.
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Note:
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Possessive pronouns do not use an apostrophe to
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form the possessive. See Possessive Case in the
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Pronoun
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