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Apostrophes
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What’s an apostrophe’s job?
• To show possession
• To show contraction (omission of letters or numbers)
• To form plurals of certain letters or words
You Practice:
• Add an apostrophe to show possession (These are singular nouns, add an s)• Writer cramp
• Witch brew
• Someone idea
• Employee paycheck
• Nurse uniform
• Fox tail
• Boss decision
• Witness testimony
Plural words that end in s, add only an apostrophe
• Teachers conference
• The Davises vacation
• Nurses duties
• Employees union
• Witnesses testimony
• Guests names
Practice
• Who’s chili is the tastiest?
• Whose chili is the tastiest
• Tomato’s for sale
• Tomatoes for sale
• The cell phone is our’s
• The cell phone is ours
Contractions
• Use an apostrophe in contractions to indicate omission of letters or numbers.• Summer of 02
• Cant
• Hes
• Theyre
• Youd
• Youve
• Youre
• dont
Correct the following sentence
• There’s three reasons to come to school today.
• Shes always in peoples business.
• Dont shoot the messanger.
• Why cant she use an apostrophe correctly?
• Im worried that Ill fail if I dont figure this out.
• Its always hard to tell if its going to rain on its head.
Use an apostrophe to form certain plurals
• In abbreviations that have periods• M.D.’s
• Ph.D.’s
• P’s and q’s
• The instructor handed out a few A’s.
• Don’t give me any if’s, and’s, or but’s.
Remember…
• When in doubt, spell it out. • Take the time to use apostrophes correctly.
• Double check your work to see that you have fixed errors.
• Stop being lazy in anything you write. Even texts should use correct grammar!
• Look intelligent by caring about the work you put out.