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Apostrophes and Ellipses
The apostrophe is used to indicate that one or more letters have been omitted. An ellipsis is a series of marks, like the three periods, which is used to indicate an unfinished thought or a pause in speech.
2,109 Questions
Is it I am a friend of Bob or I am a friend of Bob's?
I am a friend of Bob.
OR
I am Bob's friend.
Either is correct.
What is a possesive apostrophe?
A possessive apostrophe is an apostrophe used at the end of a noun, forming a possessive noun.
A possessive noun is a noun indicating ownership or possession.
Possessives are formed by adding an apostrophe -s to the end of the word, or just an apostrophe to plural nouns that already end with -s. Examples:
- the car of my mother = my mother's car
- the teacher of our class = our class's teacher
- the coats of the children = the children's coats
- the covers of the books = the books' covers
- the meeting of the bosses = the bosses' meeting
The possessive is also used as shorthand for something that does not literally belong to that person or thing, it's used in place of 'of' or 'for'. Examples:
- The ladies' room does not belong to ladies, it means that it is designated for the use of ladies.
- A store that sells men's suits doesn't sell suits that belong to some men, it sells suits for men.
- A book of Shakespeare's plays are not plays that belong to Mr. Shakespeare, they are plays written by him.
Does dog's have an apostrophe?
It depends. The plural form of dog is dogs but the possessive form of dog is dog's
IE:
Two dogs are sitting on the porch.
The dog's food dish is empty.
Apostrophe at the beginning of a word for slang?
It's not necessarily at the beginning of the word.
The apostrophe is used to represent missing letters and spaces in slang words. An example is "y'all"
What is the difference between 's and no apostrophe s?
's is used to refer to singular possession.
No apostrophe and then an 's' indicates a plural.
Be careful about possessive pronouns, though! They're a big exception to the standard English rule that an apostrophe indicates possession. Hers, yours, and especially itscause a lot of confusion because they're among the few possessives that never use an apostrophe. Many people mistakenly use it's as a possessive because of the apostrophe, but it's (!) actually a contraction of it is.
Does events have a apostrophe?
No "events" is the plural of "event" and doesn't require an apostrophe.
Do you use an apostrophe after a person's name when you are referring to an action they are doing?
You use it when you are referring to the person's property if they have an 's' at the end of their name, for example:
You COULD use
Jones's books
OR
Jones' books
What are 2 main reason to use apostrophe?
2 main reasons to use apostrophe:
1. for contractions
Examples:
you will : you'll
there is: there's
you are: you're
2. to show ownership
Examples:
Ann's styles
Kev's tactics
Do you ever use 's after a word ending in s?
sometimes the ' before the s usually shows ownership or possession. so for instance if you were going to say my boys dogs are all alone. you would put the ' after the s showing plural ownership.
What is the possessive form of the word brother?
The singular possessive form for brother is brother's; for example:
I drive my brother's car.
Does teammates have an apostrophe?
Not if you are trying to express a simple plural. Teammate is singular, teammates is plural. Indicating possession by a group of teammates, you would use teammates'. The s following the apostrophe is redundant and awkward.
Should there be an apostrophe in PCs?
Either way, PC's or PCs, is currently acceptable and correct. It is important, however, that the s be remain lower case
