apostrophes
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Apostrophes. Uses: Contractions and Letters. Apostrophes are used to form contractions. These are not acceptable in essays. Examples: can’t, wouldn’t, I’m Apostrophes are also used to form the plurals of letters of the alphabet. Examples: p’s, q’s, A’s. Possession. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Apostrophes
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Uses: Contractions and Letters
•Apostrophes are used to form contractions. These are not acceptable in essays.▫Examples: can’t, wouldn’t, I’m
•Apostrophes are also used to form the plurals of letters of the alphabet.▫Examples: p’s, q’s, A’s
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Possession•More importantly, apostrophes indicate possession.▫Singular Noun Possessive:poem’s meterdog’s bonebook’s pagesstar’s light
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Possession
▫Singular Proper Noun Possessive:Venus’s beautyDickens’s reputationChris’s bicycleMr. James’s ticket
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Possession▫Plural Noun (ending in “s”) Possessive:firefighters’ trucksstudents’ backpacksclowns’ unicyclespuppies’ paws
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Possession
▫Irregular Plural Noun (not ending in “s”) Possessive:women’s studieschildren’s crayonsmen’s tuxedoshippopotami’s lunches
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Check, Please!
Write one sentence that includes the following:apostrophe with a single nounapostrophe with a proper noun
apostrophe with a plural noun (ending in “s”)apostrophe with an irregular plural noun (not ending in “s”)
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▫Nouns in a Series (ownership shared) Possessive:
Palmer and Colton’s book on European history
The dog and cat’s owner
Jared and Franklin’s uncle
Nouns in a Series
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Nouns in a Series▫Nouns in a Series (ownership not shared) Possessive:
Palmer’s and Colton’s books on European history
The dog’s and cat’s owners
Jared’s and Franklin’s uncles
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Check, Please!Correct the following sentences:
Mrs. Jones’ car is in the shop.Joe and Cara’s toes hurt.
The mens’ choir group meets Friday.
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Exceptions
• its = possession• The bear liked its honey.
• it’s = it is• It’s not difficult.
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Extra▫Do not use an apostrophe to form the plural of an abbreviation or a number:
PhDs, 1990s, fours, TVs, SAT score in the 1400s
’60s