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with 's to show a singular nouns possession
with' to show a plural noun ending in s alreadys possession |
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with possessive pronouns but with contractions.
Its bark scared the cat.
It's a cute dog. |
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| appear as part of a word to indicate possession, the omission of one or more letters, or in a few cases plural numbers |
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| personal pronouns don't use an apostrophe |
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for plural words ending in s'
for singular words add 's |
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only add the(')
Many students take several years' leave after high school |
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| for plural words not ending in s add 's |
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| compound words only add 's on the last words |
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| stands in for something that's missing and making a word possessive. use the apostrophe for a contraction or abbreviation of a yr. |
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plural nouns
singular verbs
possessives of personal pronouns |
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The unleashed dogs belong to the Joneses.
The subway breaks down less often now.
The frog is hers, not theirs. Its skin is speckled. |
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| how do you show ownership |
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| if a single word ends in s and turning them into a possessive |
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| compound possession when your sentence has two subjects that jointly own something only add the possessive 's to the last word. If both subjects each have different possessions then add a apostrophe's to each subj. |
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Amy and Joanna's mailbox was broken into.
Riley's and Donny's ferrets play together. |
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| make abbreviations possessive by adding the 's and for plural words ending in s just add an apostrophe after the s to make it possessive, but plural words ending not in s do get the 's |
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The mans RBM's were considered to be in the normal range.
The clowns' act was hilarious.
The girl's chores took very little time to complete. |
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plural nouns
singular verbs
possesives of personal pronouns |
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| don't use the apostrophe if your |
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| using a possessive pronoun or if your writing about plural yrs. |
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| stands in for something that's missing and making a word possessive. use the apostrophe for a contraction or abbreviation of a yr. |
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plural nouns
singular verbs
possessives of personal pronouns |
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The unleashed dogs belong to the Joneses.
The subway breaks down less often now.
The frog is hers, not theirs. Its skin is speckled. |
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| how do you show ownership |
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| if a single word ends in s and turning them into a possessive |
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| compound possession when your sentence has two subjects that jointly own something only add the possessive 's to the last word. If both subjects each have different possessions then add a apostrophe's to each subj. |
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Amy and Joanna's mailbox was broken into.
Riley's and Donny's ferrets play together. |
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| make abbreviations possessive by adding the 's and for plural words ending in s just add an apostrophe after the s to make it possessive, but plural words ending not in s do get the 's |
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The mans RBM's were considered to be in the normal range.
The clowns' act was hilarious.
The girl's chores took very little time to complete. |
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plural nouns
singular verbs
possesives of personal pronouns |
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| don't use the apostrophe if your |
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| using a possessive pronoun or if your writing about plural yrs. |
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