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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
Do you need an apostrophe in the phrase the womens names?
The names belong to the women. So yes, women needs an apostrophe s.
The women's hats were beautiful.
The men's bathrooms were out of order.
Notice how these collective nouns are plural so they need verbs for plural sentence structures.
Does officials need an apostrophe?
Officials is the plural noun. Now you need to know if anything belongs to the officials.
NO: The officials discussed the matter.
YES: The officials' discussions settled the matter.
What does an ellipsis look like?
An ellipsis is a series of three dots. The dots start right after a word . . . and words begin again, but with no spaces between the dots or the words.
Where does the apostrophe go in visitors?
visitors
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If you are using visitors as a plural of visitor, then you don't need an apostrophe.
Visitor's (note apostrophe s) is a singular possessive. That is my visitor's luggage.
Visitors' (note s apostrophe) is a plural possessive. This is the visitors' lounge.
What are apostrophes used to show?
- Removed letters such as "don't" (do not), "aren't" (are not), "can't" (can not), and so on
- Owning/having/belonging to, for example, "Dave's", "the organization's", or in the case of more than one person owning, "the students' "
If the name ends with an "s" already, add the apostrophe after it, for example, "Chris' " or "James' ".
- Not for plurals, like "cars", unless it belongs to the plural in question, as in "the car's headlights"
List of words ending in apostrophe re?
There aren't very many because it means 'are', but here are a few.
They're, you're, we're.
This is correct. It is awkward, but that's the way it works. I may say, "Congratulations on 10 years of service." This eliminates the apostrophe problem and sounds more fluid.
What is a sentence using the word apostrophe?
The apostrophe is used for possessive nouns and for contractions.
In some rare cases, such as letters and numbers, an apostrophe is used with S to create a plural noun.
Is it chief of staff or staff's?
The title is 'Chief of Staff.' But one might say or write "...the Chief of Staff's responsibility."
When are you going to use apostrophe alone in forming the possessive form?
You'll use it alone when the noun is plural "cats'" except for irregular plural nouns "women's."
When do you put an apostrophe s onto the word son?
You'll use an apostrophe s on the word son if you are showing possession or using a contraction.
Examples:
"That is my son's room."
"My son's out at the moment" -- This is a contraction of "son" and "is"
Do you write hundreds as 100's or 100s?
With numbers and acronyms, use an apostrophe s. When in doubt, you can always spell it out.
Should 5 years' shorter have an apostrophe?
Not in any context I can think of. Assuming it's something like "This is 5 years shorter than that," then no. If you contract the word "is" to emphasize casual speech, you might see "Five years 's shorter than ten."
There is an apostrophe in "Five years' worth of work". (The worth of work of five years.)
What is the possessive form of a woman's rights?
A woman's rights (the rights of one woman)
The women's rights (the rights of several or all women)
STICCO'S
Established 1999
Because it's Mr/Miss Sticco's business.
Do you add an apostrophe to the name Reeves to show possession?
no i never do but you can & some people think you must
How do I use apostrophe's correctly when there are two persons.?
You don't. Apostrophes aren't use to make words plural. The plural of person is people. (One person, two people.) You don't need the apostrophe in apostrophes either.
Do i use an apostrophe for Gavin and jedine's wedding or gavin and jedines wedding?
You would use the apostrophe because it is possessive. Gavin and Jedine's Wedding
Can you give me a sentence for apostrophe?
Yes , the apostrophe has a ranky danky toots and corny cows.He likes to eat molocules and sausages with lots of dank juice on them.
Is there an aposhtrophe in the word candies?
Candles is the plural of candle. Candles needs no apostrophe.
If you write something that belongs to a candle or candles, you need an apostrophe.
The candle's wick burned low.
The candles' wicks would not stay lit.
