Ex. Todd and Anne’s apartment Don’t use apostrophes for possessive pronouns or for noun plurals (more than one). Apostrophes should not be used with possessive pronouns because possessive pronouns already show possession so they don’t need an apostrophe. His, her, its, my, yours, ours are all possessive pronouns. Ex. His’ book His book correct Proofreading for apostrophes: A good time to proofread is when you have finished writing the Try the following strategies: If you tend to leave out apostrophes, check every word that ends in -s or -es to see if it needs an • apostrophe. If you put in too many apostrophes, every apostrophe to see if you can justify it with a rule for using • apostrophes. Apostrophes can also be used to show that letters or figures have been out of a word. This is most commonly used in the form of contractions. Ex. Did not = didn’t Is not = isn’t He is = he’s Who is = who’s 1961 Mustang = Mustang ’61 Summer of 1969 = summer of ‘69 The one contraction that seems to cause the most problems is is short for is” while the “it’s”. “It’s” “it possessive form of becomes without the apostrophe. So if you ever use the word make sure “it” “its” “it’s”, that you could replace it with is”. “it Lesson 3 marked activity Apostrophes /15 MARKS – Put the apostrophes in the correct places. If apostrophes are not needed, write next to the ‘correct’ sentence Who is the partys candidate for vice president this year? The fox had its right foreleg caught securely in the traps jaws. Our neighbors car is an old Chrysler, and it’s just about to fall apart.
Ex. Todd and Anne’s apartment Don’t use apostrophes for possessive pronouns or for noun plurals (more than one). Apostrophes should not be used with possessive pronouns because possessive pronouns already show possession so they don’t need an apostrophe. His, her, its, my, yours, ours are all possessive pronouns. Ex. His’ book His book correct Proofreading for apostrophes: A good time to proofread is when you have finished writing the Try the following strategies: • If you tend to leave out apostrophes, check every word that ends in -s or -es to see if it needs an apostrophe. • If you put in too many apostrophes, every apostrophe to see if you can justify it with a rule for using apostrophes. Apostrophes can also be used to show that letters or figures have been out of a word. This is most commonly used in the form of contractions. Ex. Did not = didn’t Is not = isn’t He is = he’s Who is = who’s 1961 Mustang = ’61 Mustang Summer of 1969 = summer of ‘69 The one contraction that seems to cause the most problems is “it’s”. “It’s” is short for “it is” while the possessive form of “it” becomes “its” without the apostrophe. So if you ever use the word “it’s”, make sure that you could replace it with “it is”. Lesson 3 marked activity – Apostrophes /15 MARKS Put the apostrophes in the correct places. If apostrophes are not needed, write ‘correct’ next to the sentence Who is the partys candidate for vice president this year? The fox had its right foreleg caught securely in the traps jaws. Our neighbors car is an old Chrysler, and it’s just about to fall apart.