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Apostrophes are used to indicate possession: E.g. 'The dog's bone' = 'the bone which belongs to the dog'
(except in his, hers, ours, yours (but including one's))


Apostrophes are also used to show a contraction:
E.g. 'I will not' = 'I won't'
'You have not' = 'you haven't'
'They would have' = 'they would've'


(careful now it's = 'it is' or 'it has' whereas its= 'belonging to it' because 'its' is like 'his')


Apostrophes are never used to make plurals
singular: Flower
plural: flowers (more than one flower)
possessive: flower's (belonging to a flower)
plural possessive: flowers' (belonging to multiple flowers)

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