As I’ve said in answer to a related question, it’s misleading to think of the apostrophe exclusively as a possessive marker. It’s more helpful to think of it as a genitive inflection, certainly capable of expressing possession (John’s car), but also used to specify or classify ...
“provide you wiht a good jumping off point [sic]” should be “with”, and “Be sure to check the the Joe Asks… [sic]” should only have one “the” 2008-07-15 15 TYPO “For developer’s who have never used version control”, “developer’s” should not have an apostrophe. ...
whereit'sserves as a contraction ofit isanditsas the possessive form ofit. That is mainly due to the fact that we are inclined to interpret automatically any word ending in apostrophe-s as possessive. Instead of saying, “I really like the paintings of Bob,” you’re more likely...