Apostrophes English 12B - Chapter 27

Apostrophes: The Possessive Case Singular: form possessive case by adding an apostrophe and an s Mrs. Krabill’s classroom is pretty. Mrs. Krabill spends half a week’s salary on her classroom every month. Add only an apostrophe if the word has more than one syllable AND another s would make the word awkward to pronounce Oh, for goodness’ sake! Purple feathers is one of that species’ characteristics. **if a word does NOT meet BOTH of the conditions, use an apostrophe and an s!! - Chris’s coat is blue.

Apostrophes: The Possessive Case Plural: to form the possessive case of a plural noun (usually already end in s) add only an apostrophe The tables’ legs are all uneven! Many cities’ problems include how to organize recycling programs For plural nouns that do not end in s, add an apostrophe and an s Those are children’s stories! Note: DO NOT use an apostrophe to form the plural of a noun! Four cats walked across the field. Four cat’s walked across the field.

Apostrophes: The Possessive Case Do NOT use apostrophes with possessive personal pronouns My, mine, - his, her, hers, its Your, yours - our, ours Their, theirs DO use an apostrophe to for them possessive of an indefinite pronoun It is anyone’s game at this point!

Apostrophes: The Possessive Case If you have a compound noun, form the possessive on only the last word Grayling High School’s baseball team won last night. Form the possessive of each noun if they possess similar items Mrs. Krabill’s and Mrs. Andersons’s hair looks the same today! Notes: When showing joint possession, all words must be in possessive form Mike’s and his conversation was about the Christmas party. Possessive acronyms get an apostrophe and s

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Contractions In a contraction, the apostrophe represents the missing letters There’s (there is) - she’ll (she will) Let’s (let us) - we’d (we would) I’d (I would) - they’re (they are) Do not confuse contractions with possessive pronouns! Whose/ who’s -their/they’re Its/it’s Your/you’re

Plurals Use apostrophes to form the plurals of letters, numerals, symbols, or words referred to as such Hawaii ends with two i’s. Make sure your 1’s do not look like 7’s. Use apostrophes to form plurals of abbreviations ending with periods Those students are earning their Ph.D.’s. I have a lot of CDs. (No period; no apostrophe)

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