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Apostrophe

Apostrophe In this lesson you will learn the definition of an apostrophe and study examples of apostrophes

Apostrophe Definition An apostrophe looks like this: ' or ’ An apostrophe is used to: indicate omitted letters such as abbreviations and contractions indicate possession form the plural noun for abbreviations and symbols where adding just s instead of ’s would be confusing Note: personal possessive pronouns (his, hers, yours, theirs, its, etc.) do not take an apostrophe

Apostrophe Examples Apostrophes used to indicate omitted letters abbreviations government = gov't contractions cannot = can't it is = it's Apostrophes used to indicate possession Oliver's army James's crown Apostrophes used to form the plural noun for abbreviations and symbols where adding just s instead of ’s would be confusing mind your p's and q's

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