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Hace 5 días · The two uses of the APOSTROPHE are: to turn a noun into a modifier. Usually this is done to form the POSSESSIVECASE – the form of a noun or pronoun that shows possession or ownership of one thing by another; and; to form CONTRACTIONS – two-word combinations formed by leaving outcertain letters which are indicated by an APOSTROPHE.
Hace 5 días · Introduction. A retired journalist who founded a campaign to preserve the correct use of the apostrophe in the English language, is giving up his battle. It's because he says "ignorance has won"....
Hace 5 días · Nombre en inglés: Apostrophe. Se utilizan los apóstrofos para mostrar posesión o para hacer contracciones. En español no lo tenemos. The man’s sister took a train to meet us. La hermana del hombre cogió un tren para quedar con nosotros. Don’t forget to vote! ¡No te olvides de votar! Errores comunes que hay que evitar:
Hace 1 día · In fact the apostrophe in it’s replaces a missing letter: It’s is short for it is and the apostrophe replaces the i in is. When we shorten words like this, it is called a contraction: It’s chilly today. It’s beginning to feel like summer at last. It’s can also be used as a contraction for it has, with the apostrophe replacing the h ...
Hace 6 días · Possession: Adding an apostrophe and then 's' to a word shows that the person or thing owns something. For example: The government's decision has huge consequences. Here the decision belongs to the government. If the original word already ends in 's,' the apostrophe is placed at the end, but with no extra 's.' For example: Holmes ...
Hace 5 días · hyphen. to join parts of some compound words, in dividing a word at the end of a line, in writing numbers, to join prefixes to root words (if the last letter of the prefix and the first letter of the suffix are the same) quotation marks.
Hace 5 días · But since who’s is only rarely used to show possession, you’ll probably be safe thinking of it as shown in the first three examples instead. How to use whose and who’s This pair of words confuses writers because the usual way to form a possessive in English is to add an apostrophe and s .
