Punctuation—Apostrophe (')

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punctuation-apostrophe

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Punctuation

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English Language Arts

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Apostrophe Uses

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apostrophe-uses

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Apostrophes are used to:

indicate a contraction
show possession

The word following an apostrophe is not capitalized.

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Indicate contractions

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Selina the inventor asking her cat why it keeps eating the plants.

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Show possession

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Selina the inventor listening to her cat’s purr.

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For Advanced Users — Additional Apostrophe Uses

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for-advanced-users-additional-apostrophe-uses

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Additional Apostrophe Uses

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In some situations, the apostrophe can be used to indicate the plural for letters, numbers and symbols.

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Plural numbers

Plural symbols

Dot the i’s and cross the t’s.

Catch some z’s.

The system uses 1’s and 0’s.

You need to roll 7’s to win.

She uses a lot of #’s (hashtags) in her posts.

You are using too many !’s in your text.

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