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Apostrophe
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE The apostrophe has only a handful of uses, but these uses are very important. A misplaced apostrophe can be annoying — not to mention lonely. 1. to create possessives 2. to show contractions 3. to create some plural forms The apostrophe is used:
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE The apostrophe is used to create possessive forms for singular and plural nouns, especially nouns referring to people. the mayor’s car, my father’s moustache Pedrito’s sister, Joe Kennedy’s habits
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE When a noun already ends in “s,” you can decide whether or not to use another “s” after the apostrophe. Charles’s car OR Charles’ car Dumas’ second novel, Jesus’ birth, Socrates’ ideas, Illinois’ legislature With multisyllabic words, don’t add another “s” after the apostrophe.
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE To form the possessive of an inanimate object, we’re usually better off using an “of phrase,” but the apostrophe possessive is not impossible, especially with expressions of time and in personifications. The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd a year’s salary, my heart’s desire, your dollar’s worth, the paper’s conclusion
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE To form the possessive of a plural noun, we pluralize first and then add the apostrophe. The Kennedys’ house The children’s playhouse The travelers’ expectations Notice that with an irregular plural, the apostrophe will come before the “s.”
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE A contraction allows us to blend sounds by omitting letters from a verb construction. The apostrophe shows where something is left out. I am a student here = I’m a student here. I have been working on the railroad. = I’ve been working on the railroad. They could have been great together. = They could’ve been great together.
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE More contraction examples: Let us go. = Let’s go. Who is there? = Who’s there? It is Dierdre. = It’s Dierdre. REMINDER: It’s is a contraction for “it is”; the possessive of it = its (no apostrophe).
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE The apostrophe is also used to form the plural of digits and letters . . . The word Mississippi has four s’s. She got three A’s and two B’s last semester. She dotted all her i’s very carefully. . . . and to indicate omission of a number in a date: summer of ’99; class of ’38
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College THE MIGHTY APOSTROPHE The mighty apostrophe doesn’t mind being used, but it wants to be used wisely. Use it well and it will be there whenever you need it! You can now review the apostrophe and the other marks of punctuation in the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
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College This PowerPoint presentation was created by Charles Darling, PhD Professor of English and Webmaster Capital Community College Hartford, Connecticut copyright November 1999
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