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College Writing Skills, 8E and College Writing Skills with Readings, 8E

John Langan

Chapter Thirty-Four (10th Ed. Chapter 24)

Apostrophe

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The Apostrophe (‘)

There are two main uses of the apostrophe:

1. To show the omission of one or more letters in a contraction.

2. To show ownership or possession.

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A contraction is formed when two words combine to make one word. The apostrophe is used to indicate letters that have been dropped.

The Apostrophe in Contractions (‘)

WILLI + WE + HAVE = WE’LL

= I’LL

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Using an apostrophe and the letter s indicates possession:

• Joe’s rabbit • My brother’s carrot • The company’s credit card

Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Posession

Note: the ’s always goes with the possessor. Using the first example above, the RABBIT belongs to JOE so it’s “Joe’s rabbit.”

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Using ’s with Plurals

An apostrophe plus s is used to show possession with a singular word even if the word already ends in s. So, if a rabbit belongs to Bess, you would write “Bess’s rabbit.”