Apostrophes and Ellipses

Yes, the correct spelling is "Alzheimer's" with an apostrophe. It indicates possession or association with Alois Alzheimer, the German psychiatrist who first identified the disease.

"Sarah's cat's in the garden because it's her favorite spot to nap." The first apostrophe in "Sarah's" indicates possession ('the cat that belongs to Sarah'), while the second apostrophe in "it's" is a contraction of "it is."

Use an apostrophe if you want to show possession.

Example: grandma's garden

Yes, for example:

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house.

There is no reason why an apostrophe shouldn't be used at the start of a sentence. However, the question you next need to ask yourself (the one I was searching the net for when I found this) is "is the first letter after the apostrophe an upper case or not?!

An example of an apostrophe in a poem is "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats, where the poet addresses the nightingale as if it were a person. Another example is in William Wordsworth's poem "London, 1802," where the poet addresses the deceased poet John Milton, expressing a wish for his return.

Same as any other use. Use an apostrophe S to indicate possession.

Yes. Use an apostrophe S if you are indicating possession.

In reference to Valentine's Day, yes. This refers to Saint Valentine.

This is a possessive - "The skin of the apple" so it goes "The apple's skin was rather tough"

If there's more than one apple you'd say "The apples' skins were rather tough"

For singular proper nouns ending in s, the possessive is formed by adding apostrophe-s, as in:

The Williams's residence

The Mills's business interests

you do not need the third s. An apostrophe is placed after the second s to make it class'

womens would only apply where the rest room belonged to an organisation called 'women' and there were many of these rest rooms in different locations. The 's' used as if a chain of shoe shops were called 'shoes'. In the context of a general rest room - using womens to distigusih for 'females' this spelling is incorrect in any case. The sign should read: 'Women' (as in Men & Women), or Women's (as in Men's & Women's) - the apostrophe being posessive to the women themselves.

Referring to the home of your grandparents you would apostrophise the s - your grandparent's home.

The word "Apostrophe" doesn't have a physical age as it is not a living being. However, the concept of using apostrophes in the English language has been around for centuries, dating back to the 16th century.

The punctuation mark you are referring to is the semicolon (;). It combines the functionality of a colon and a comma, used to connect closely related independent clauses or as a super comma in a list.

1. To indicate contractions, such as "can't" for "cannot" or "they're" for "they are."
2. To show possession, such as "Sarah's book" to indicate that the book belongs to Sarah.
3. To denote omitted letters in a word, like "I'm" for "I am" or "don't" for "do not."

A plural possessive noun is a noun that refers to more than one person, place, or thing and shows ownership or relationship with another noun. It is formed by adding an apostrophe and the letter "s" after the plural noun (e.g., "teachers' lounge").

When showing possession for a last name ending in "s," the use of an apostrophe depends on the style guide you follow. Both "Jones'" and "Jones's" are considered correct. However, it is more common in modern usage to simply add an apostrophe after the "s" (Jones').

In possessive plurals, if the word is already a plural, then 's is added: for example, the children's books. If the word requires an s to make it plural, then the apostrophe goes after the s, e.g. the leaves of many trees becomes the trees' leaves, but if only one tree is involved, then it's the tree's leaves. No apostrophe is required if the word is simply a plural, and not possessive, e.g. more than one cat is many cats, not cat's. The decade of the 1940s is not 1940's.

No, the sentence "She has almost 30 years experience" does not require an apostrophe after the s in the word years. The word "years" is used as a plural noun in this context, describing the duration of experience, so no apostrophe is needed.

s' is used as an apostrophe for a word that refers to plural form, for example saying The girls' toys. In this instance it refers to the toys of more than one girl. You would also use s' for names ending with an s, such as Tess' toys.

's is used as an apostrophe for a word that refers to singular form, for example saying The girl's toys. This refers to the toys of just one girl. You would also use 's with names such as Tom's toys

s' is used as an apostrophe for a word that refers to plural form, for example saying The girls' toys. In this instance it refers to the toys of more than one girl. You would also use s' for names ending with an s, such as Tess' toys.

's is used as an apostrophe for a word that refers to singular form, for example saying The girl's toys. This refers to the toys of just one girl. You would also use 's with names such as Tom's toys

It means that the plural noun before the apostrophe has possession of the noun or plural noun that follows it.

Example:

All the cats' tails were wagging.

Yes you do add the s x Leah