Possessive pronouns formed do not use an apostrophe. “It” is a pronoun hence it does not need an apostrophe before “s.” This is because in such a case you are talking about something belonging to an “it.” For example, the tree has beautiful flowers. Its flowers are pretty. ...
We use both an apostrophe and the letter S to make the possessive form of a noun. But where we put the apostrophe—before or after the S—varies between singular nouns and plural nouns. It also depends on how the plural form of a noun is spelled. In general, the rule is to use onl...
When to Use Chris’s The spelling Chris’s, with an additional S after the apostrophe, is a more common way to write the possessive form of Chris. Most style guides, such as the Chicago Manual of Style, recommend that you use an apostrophe and an S to create the possessive form of a...
We still see the possessiveit'sin dashed-off emails and advertisements, but the fact that it was right 300 years ago doesn't make it correct today. For those of us who live—and write—in the here and now, useit'sonly when you meanit isorit has. And drop that apostrophe everywhere el...
Possessive nouns.Possessive nouns are nouns that show possession or ownership and are often formed by adding an apostrophe s to a common or proper noun. Example: “George’s car ran out of gas.” “The girl’s bike was stolen.”
Few people can keep track of their kids every second of the day. Christy was sure her grades would improve after switching majors. Before these examples, we’d been discussing possessive pronouns acting as stand-in nouns (e.g., the coat is mine; mine = my coat). In the sentences right...
The same goes for the plural form, where “students” is our answer, and we add an apostrophe to the end of it to create “students’.” Students “Students” is the easiest of the forms in this article. After all, it has nothing to do with the possessive form. Instead, it’s just...
We’ve already shown you why the plural form of “hero” is the way that it is. The plural possessive form simply takes that form and adds a little more to it whenever we use it. To create the plural possessive form, we place an apostrophe after the plural form. An “S” is not ...
your – possessive, the thing belonging to you. See how it ends in “our”? Use that as a reminder. When it belongs to us, it's our thing. When it belongs to you, it's your thing. you're – a contraction of the words “you are”. The apostrophe is your signal that the word...
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