A possessive apostrophe means just that. It means that the apostrophe is indicating that that noun has ownership or possession, purpose or origin of the noun that comes after it.
Examples:
This is John's house.
John owns the house, therefore, it is John's house.
We went to the children's playground.
The playground intended for children.
The term 'possessive apostrophe' is used to distinguish the apostrophe from a contraction using an apostrophe.
sets' would mean plural possessive.
The sign of the possessive of all English plurals ending in s is a final apostrophe: cities'
The possessive of all English plural nouns ending in s is formed by adding an apostrophe: uncles'.
The spelling its (without an apostrophe) is the possessive form of the pronoun it.When the apostrophe is seen, the word is a contraction for "it is."
Yes, an apostrophe is used to form a possessive noun. An apostrophe s ('s) or just an apostrophe (') placed at the end of a noun indicates that something in the sentence belongs to that noun.Examples:The hat's band was black silk. (singular possessive)The Harrises' children are twins. (plural possessive)
it means the word is singular possessive
To use an apostrophe correctly with "Luis", you would write it as "Luis' " to indicate possession. For example, "Luis' car" means the car belongs to Luis. If the name ends with an "s" like "Luis", you can choose to add only an apostrophe after the "s" for possessive form.
sets' would mean plural possessive.
The sign of the possessive of all English plurals ending in s is a final apostrophe: cities'
The plural possessive of "volcano smoke" is "volcano smoke's."
The possessive of all English plural nouns ending in s is formed by adding an apostrophe: uncles'.
The pronouns have possessive forms of their own. They do not use an apostrophe for the possessive, as nouns do.
The singular possessive form of the noun "it" is "its". Note that there is no apostrophe in the possessive form of "it". The apostrophe is only used after "it" when used as a contraction of "it is".
The correct form is "its" for the possessive form in the plural. "Its" is used for both the singular and plural possessive forms, without an apostrophe.
Veterans - plural does not have an apostrophe.Veteran's - singular possessive does have an apostrophe.Veterans' - plural possessive does have an apostrophe.
The possessive pronoun is its (no apostrophe).
The possessive singular of all English nouns is formed by adding-'s: actress's. The use of an apostrophe alone is reserved for PLURAL possessives.