Monday Grammar Point
In English, apostrophes have three basic uses.
- They are used to show possessives. For example, "That is Lisa's cat." This shows that the cat belongs to Lisa.
- They are used to show missing letters such as in contractions. For example, "It's cold outside." In this case, the apostrophe takes the place of the I in is.
- Sometimes the apostrophe is used to show the plural of lowercase letters. For example, "Mind your p's and q's." This is an idiom meaning show some manners.
Another apostrophe error involves using them in possessive pronouns. For example, "Those cats are yours'." Yours is already possessive. There is no need to add the apostrophe.
Apostrophes are also misused with capital letters and numbers. For example, "The 1960s was a crazy decade." or "Lisa ordered three Macintosh G4s ."*
*Source: The OWL at Purdue
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