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Apostrophes

Apostrophes. Apostrophes form the possessive case, indicate omissions in contractions, and, in some cases, form plurals. Possessive Case!. Remember back to the brief discussion of the possessive case from the other morning. What do you remember? Possessive case indicates ownership.

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Apostrophes

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  1. Apostrophes • Apostrophes form the possessive case, indicate omissions in contractions, and, in some cases, form plurals.

  2. Possessive Case! • Remember back to the brief discussion of the possessive case from the other morning. What do you remember? • Possessive case indicates ownership. • You may have seen me note on your papers <--Possessive case • In English, there was two ways to do this: • A phrase with the word ”of” included • The hands of the clock

  3. Possessive Case! • or... • With an apostrophe • The clock's hands • Singular nouns & certain forms of pronouns • To form possessive case, add an 's • ”The Monk's Tale” is one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. • When we would arrive was anyone's guess.

  4. Pause! • Pause. • Take a breath. • Questions?

  5. Singular Nouns Ending In -s • In most cases, to form the possessive case of singular nouns that end in -s you will add 's • Reading Henry James's The Ambassadors was not Maris's idea of fun. • The class's time was changed to 8am. • But... • Some singular nouns at that end in -s sound awkward when pronouncing the possessive ending as a seperate syllable.

  6. Singular Nouns Ending In -s • When this happens, grammarians have deemed it acceptable to just add an apostrophe. • Borges' short stories • Crispus Attucks' death • Aristophanes' play • Generally, use your best judgment. • If title already has 's, use a phrase to form possessive case • (see example at top of 289 in Wadsworth)

  7. Plural Nouns Ending In -s • Already plural nouns get an ' when already ending in -s • The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature is available online. • The Lopezes' three children are triplets. • Compound nouns also get an -s • He accepted the secretary of state's resignation under protest.

  8. Pause! • Pause. • Take a breath. • Questions?

  9. Two or More Items • This one is tricky! • To indicate individual ownership of two or more items, add -'s to each item • Ernest Hemingway's and Gertrude Stein's writing styles have some similarities. • The indicate joint ownership, add -'s only to the last item. • Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas include The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.

  10. Done! (Psst! Professor Wend, did you pass out the handout for the final paper!?!) • Group work

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