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Apostrophes

Apostrophes. Group 3 Piljoong , Cheng, Dongbo. What is Apostrophes?. (  ’   or   '  ) The apostrophe is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritic mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets Example -> Does not => Doesn’t

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Apostrophes

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  1. Apostrophes Group 3 Piljoong, Cheng, Dongbo

  2. What is Apostrophes? • ( ’  or  ' ) • The apostrophe is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritic mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets • Example -> Does not => Doesn’t -> house of my cat => My cat’s house -> 1990 years => 1990s’

  3. What is purpose of apostrophes? • In English, it serves three main purposes 1. The omission of one or more letters ->(as in doesn't for does not) 2.The marking of possessives ->(as in the cat's whiskers) 3. Forming plural letters, words used as words, numbers, and abbreviations ->(as in six 5's )

  4. How to make apostrophes? There are two basic methods that make use of an apostrophe in constructing the possessive. Most words use an apostrophe followed by an "s" at the end of the word, although many situations require simply an apostrophe.

  5. Use apostrophes to indicate possession • Place an apostrophe before the "s" when you are indicating a singular possessive. • Example -> Jacob's, Dog’s

  6. Place an apostrophe after the "s" when you are dealing with a possessive plural case that has an "s" at the end (e.g., book to books, tree to trees). But if the word is plural without an "s" at the end, this rule does not apply; add an apostrophe and an "s" as if the word were singular. • Example -> Contents of books => Books’ contents -> House of cats => Cats’ house

  7. Use apostrophes in contractions. • Sometimes, especially in informal writing, apostrophes are used to indicate one or more missing letters. • Example -> "don't" is short for "do not"; "isn't," "wouldn't," and "can't." • Contractions can also be made with the verbs "is," "has," and "have." • Example -> "She's going to school" instead of "She is going to school"; or "He's lost the game" instead of "He has lost the game.“

  8. Forming plural letters, words used as words, numbers, and abbreviations • An apostrophe plus –s(‘s) can be used to show the plural of a letter. Underline or italicize single letters but not the apostrophe or the –s. • Example -> Committee has two m’s, two t’s, and two e’s

  9. If a word is used as a word rather than as a symbol of the meaning it conveys, it can be made plural by adding an apostrophe plus –s, The word should be italicized or underlined but not the –s. • Example -> There are twelve no’s in the first paragraph.

  10. GAME TIME Game1 Game2 Little exercise

  11. Role or Reference • Reference -> Wikipedia web page, BBC, funtrivia, Some Internet web sites, The Brief McGraw-Hill Hand book. • Role -> Piljoong : Making a PPT, Prepared : 1~4slide. -> Cheng : Prepared : 5~ 9 slide. -> Dongbo : Prepared : All conclusion part (visual data, and game)

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