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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.
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Do you need an apostrophe when saying Welcome to the Robinson's?
Well, honey, technically speaking, if you're trying to show possession, then yes, you need an apostrophe before the "s" in "Robinson's." But if you're just talking about the Robinson family as a whole, then you can skip the apostrophe and just say "Welcome to the Robinsons." Hope that clears things up for ya!
What is the contraction for when is?
The contraction is when's (e.g. When's the wedding?)
The spelling whens, without the apostrophe, is a self-referent plural noun (more than one when).
These sentences use apostrophe incorrectly:
A Bear's love honey. - This should just be plural: bears.
B Bears' take deep breathe's. - Both should just be plural: bears; breaths.
D Bears do climb tree's. - Trees should just be plural.
The correct one is:
C Hunters prized black bears' fur. - Bears is plural; but bears possess fur, so it it bears' with an apostrophe.
Which one of the following sentences contains an incorrect usage of the singular possessive?
Mary was dominant among Jesus' disciples.
When do you use an apostrophe in a word?
Use an apostrophe to indicate the following: Possession - This is the boy's ball Contraction - I can't believe that! Omission - His name is O'Hara
What is it called when you use an apostrophe to connect words together?
This would be a contraction.
Examples:
don't
shouldn't
you've
Does the apostrophe go before or after the letter z?
If it is required, the apostrophe would come after the Z but before the S. "This is Mr. Buzz's stinger!"
In this situation, my advice is to reword so that the first mention of the organization is not possessive. Clarity is a virtue and identifying the organization by name and acronym is enough for one bite to handle without adding what it possesses. If after that admonishment you still feel the need to use an apostrophe in the first use of the term, rethink. Can you rephrase the sentence in such a way that you can separate the it (the organization and its acronym) from what it has? For example, instead of trying to say "The North American Free Trade Agreement's (NAFTA's) provisions are..." say "The provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are..." If you're a stubborn cuss that just won't heed advice than I've given my best advice above of how to incoporate naming and using possessives in my example, but I reiterate REWORD the sentence!!!! Reworking the sentence is the best answer, and with tweeking any sentence you're composing can be tweeked so that nominal is separated from possessive.
An apostrophe can be used to indicate?
An apostrophe can be used to indicate:
1. contractions
Examples:
do not: don't
it is: it's
2. possessions
Ann's fashion
Kev's car
Where would the apostrophe be in The teachers' lounge?
Assuming that each teacher does not have their own lounge, you've already got it in the right spot. Good on ya.
To indicate missing letters: can't, isn't, it's eg I can't do it; it isn't right; in fact it's very wrong To indicate the possessive: boy's, boys' eg The boys' hats went in the air; one boy's hat stayed there.
What is an apostrophe used for?
An apostrophe is used to string two words together, when the words are commonly used together (such as Do Not - don't) or when you are stating that something belongs to something or someone else (instead of saying "Mark has a radio that is broken", you could say "Mark's radio is broken"
My son's teacher praised him.
My sons' hairstyles are different from each other.
Keep kickin' the soccer ball!
Don't lose confidence.
Angles ABC and A'B'C' are congruent.
When do you use It's instead of Its?
It's is a shortened form of it is, just like don't is a shortened form of do not. It can also be a shortened form of it has. With both of these, if you can use the long versions, "it is," or "it has," then you can replace it in your sentence with it's. The other one, its, is used to show belonging, and is gender neutral.
Examples: The dog wagged its tail. It's going to be warm today (this uses the it is contraction). It's been a really great year (this uses the it has contraction).
Hope this helped!
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.
What does an apostrophe mean and when is it used with plurals?
An apostrophe indicates the following: possession "cat's tails", contraction "can't do it", or omission "o'clock."
Use an apostrophe when you are showing any of these three things -- plural or not. When you are showing possession of a plural noun, use just an apostrophe, not an apostrophe S. Example: "Cats' tails are indicators of their demeanor.
Clarification:
Usually, when a noun is in the singular, the possessive is formed with 's:
John's book, the dog's tail.
However, if the singular noun ends in an "s", the apostrophe (usually) comes AFTER the final s:
The Jones' house is on Elm street.
(Note: Jones's is much less common but not incorrect.)
If the noun is in the plural and this plural noun ends in "s", then the apostrophe is added AFTER the "s". (See above: the dogs' tails are wagging").
However, if the plural form does NOT end in "s", then add apostrophe-s
Men's hands are usually larger than women's hands.
Example: The men's room, but the ladies' room.
Many, many people incorrectly use the apostrophe with s to create the plural. It is painfully common to see a mix of plurals in the same text, some with 's , some with just the s. The apostrophe is NOT used with the s to create a plural.
What is apostrophe in grammar?
The apostrophe is the superscripted comma ('). On my keyboard it shares with @.
Its purpose in grammar is to :
Indicate missing letters eg it's for it is, aren'tfor are not
or
Indicate the possessive case eg The boy's bike ie The bike of the boy
What are apostrophes used for?
Apostrophes are used for showing that letters have been taken out of a word or contraction (like in don't, the contraction of do and not, where the o in not has been taken out, or in get 'em, to show that 'em means them), or to show ownership or possession (like in Maxwell's hammer, where the 's shows that the hammer belongs to Maxwell, or in those girls' idea, to show that the idea belongs to those girls).
The first thing to understand about using apostrophes is that they should never be used to form plural words. This is grammatically incorrect, though unfortunately common. An apostrophe is commonly, but erroneously, used in numbers such as calendar decades or centuries instead of using the correct form, e.g. 1800s or the 1970s.
Apostrophes should only be used for possessive nouns (but not pronouns), e.g. the cat's food dish; Roger's BMW. They are not used in possessive pronouns, e.g. yours, ours, theirs, its.
They are also used for omissions in contractions, e.g. it's meaning it is (note the difference in how its is used in the previous sentence) or can't meaning cannot.
In some situations it is acceptable to use an apostrophe to clarify a plural. For example, "Make sure you dot all the i's and cross all the t's". This, however, is not an established rule.
Do I use 's after a word ending in s?
Not if it is a simple plural. Simple plurals do not require an appostrophe.
