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Apostrophes

Apostrophes. Apostrophes are used in possessive nouns, contractions, and some plurals. Apostrophes in Possessives. Use an apostrophe to form the possessive of any noun, whether singular or plural . For a singular noun, add ‘s Sam’s baseball or Francis’s cap

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Apostrophes

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  1. Apostrophes Apostrophes are used in possessive nouns, contractions, and some plurals

  2. Apostrophes in Possessives Use an apostrophe to form the possessive of any noun, whether singular or plural. • For a singular noun, add ‘s Sam’s baseball or Francis’s cap • For plural nouns that end in s, add only an apostrophe. the spectators’ cheers or the players’ uniforms • For plural nouns that do not end in s, add ‘s women’s team or family’s plan

  3. Apostrophes in contractions Commonly Used Contractions Contractions Versus Possessive Pronoun • I am = I’m • she is = she’s • connot = can’t • you are = you’re • they have = they’ve • the have = they’ve • they are = they’re • you will = you’ll • it is = it’s • was not = wasn’t

  4. Apostrophes in Plurals Use an apostrophe and s to form the plural of a letter, a numeral, or a word referred to as a word. Your i’s look like e’s How many 6’s are in her uniform number? The sportscaster’s report was filled with too bad’s and next time’s.

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