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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Apostrophes
My quetion was that, " When do we use a APOSTROPHE 's after a word? "
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" This is not fully a part of standard English. To denote possession, as in "my brother's wife". org/wiki/Apostrophe#Possessive_apostrophe ) In extremely limited cases, when there is no viable alternative, to denote the plural of an abbreviation or other "non-word", as in "This word contains three i's".
- " This is not fully a part of standard English.
- To denote possession, as in "my brother's wife".
- org/wiki/Apostrophe#Possessive_apostrophe ) In extremely limited cases, when there is no viable alternative, to denote the plural of an abbreviation or other "non-word", as in "This word contains three i's".
- g.
- "banana's").
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As a contraction of "is", as in "My car's dirty."
As a contraction of "has", as in "My car's been damaged."
In a few cases, in casual speech, as a contraction of "does", as in "What's he want?" This is not fully a part of standard English.
To denote possession, as in "my brother's wife". (For detailed information about the rules governing this use, see
As a contraction of "has", as in "My car's been damaged."
In a few cases, in casual speech, as a contraction of "does", as in "What's he want?" This is not fully a part of standard English.
To denote possession, as in "my brother's wife". (For detailed information about the rules governing this use, see
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AnonymousWhen do we use a APOSTROPHE 's after a word?As explained above, but when forming the possessive, use it after all singular nouns and after plurals that do not end in s.
Tom's; James's; my nephew's; the boss's; the children's; people's; women's; men's
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