Apostrophes

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Apostrophes

• s

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Apostrophes

• Are NOT optional!
• Use them.

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Apostrophes Possessives

• Possessive meansshows ownership or possession
• For most singular nouns, add s
• Barbaras house, the stereos speakers

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Apostrophes Possessives

• If a singular noun already ends in s or z, add an
  
• Carloss bike, a buss tires, Dickenss novel
• Unless
• It has more than one syllable
• and
• the addition of s would make the noun awkward to
  pronounce
• Odysseus adventure, goodness sake

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Apostrophes Possessives

• Plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe
• Cats owners, cities problems, princesses
• If plural and no s, add s
• Geeses migration, childrens stories

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Apostrophes Possessives

• Do not use an apostrophe with possessive personal
  pronouns, or with the possessive pronoun whose
• my, not mys
• Whose, not whoses or whos

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Apostrophes Possessives

• Add s to indefinite pronouns
• Anyones, eithers, elses, each others
• Add s to the last word in a compound noun
• Acosta and Riveras law firm, sister-in-laws
  office

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Apostrophes Possessives

• If individuals each possess a similar but
  different item, use one for each
• Michaels and Lisas wallets
• Denises and Marks books
• But, if both possess the same item jointly, s
  goes only on the last one
• Michael and Lisas group project
• Denise and Marks English class

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Apostrophes Contractions

• Use in contractions to show where
  letters/words/numerals have been omitted
• 1999 99
• You are youre
• Let us lets

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Apostrophes plural

• Add s to form the plurals of numbers, symbols,
  lowercase letters, some uppercase letters, and
  words referred to as words
• Your 2s look like 7s.

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Work

• Ch. 14 Ex. 1, 2, 3 Review A, B, C
• All ?