The difficulty over the apostrophe starts when we move on to plural nouns. The problem arises from thinking that the apostrophe has something to do with making words plural. It does not. To repeat the point we made earlier: adding’s has nothing to do with making words plural.... Read more...
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Grammar – The Possessive and Plural Nouns and Proper Names
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Grammar – Omission of Letters or Contraction
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009[caption id="attachment_13" align="alignleft" width="280" caption="Grammar - Omission of Letters or Contraction"]
[/caption]We use the apostrophe mark to indicate the omission in a standard contraction. We’d better explain the rule about this in some detail as this is where a good deal of the chaos over punctuation starts. If we had to identify one area that creates problems for students, it would be this idea of contractions – that is, where a word is shortened and an apostrophe is used to indicate this.... Read more...