England hath need of thee . . .."
(William Wordsworth, "London, 1802")
(John Keats)
(Edgar Allan Poe, "To Science")
(James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own.
(Lorenz Hart, "Blue Moon")
O inconceivable being!
whatever the shape of your house,
however you scoot from place to place,
no matter how strange and colorless the clothes you may wear,
I bet nobody likes a wet dog either.
I bet everyone in your pub,
even the children, pushes her away."
(Billy Collins, "To a Stranger Born in Some Distant Country Hundreds of Years from Now")
The boy's hair was brown.
The girl's doll was ceramic.
My friends' house was big (More than one friend)
My friend's house was big (Only one friend)
Don't worry about a thing (Don't is a contraction for do not)
It's a long way to the city (It's is a contraction for it is)
An apostrophe is used in contraction. Example: you will: you'll
There is not apostrophe in June. But, there would be apostrophe in the following example: June's car was totaled in the accident.
A punctuation symbol similar to an apostrophe or a single quotation mark. Example: 5′ means 5 prime.
An apostrophe is used to make something possessive. For example, Sarah's dog was barking all night at the cat.
No, there is no apostrophe on any word.
Andok's has an apostrophe because it shows ownership. Example: Andok's chicken
Use an apostrophe if you want to show possession. Example: auditors' book
Yes, the word "grandma" does not have an apostrophe. The possessive form would be "grandma's."
An 's preceded by an apostrophe ('s) indicates possession or contraction (e.g., John's book, it's raining). An s followed by an apostrophe (s') is used for plural possessives where the noun is already plural (e.g., the girls' toys).
No, the word "monet" does not have an apostrophe. It is spelled as "Monet."
A single quotation mark after the number of inches, example 40". Feet are expressed by using an apostrophe, example 5'.
It is an apostrophe, and one example of use is: you're for you are.