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Thursday 13 March 2014

Apostrophes

Today I will be answering questions about apostrophes because we learnt when to use it yesterday.

- What are the 2 times to use an apostrophe?

Contraction and possession.

- When should you use an apostrophe of possession?

You use a contraction when something means something like you are equals you're.
You use the apostrophe of possession when something belongs to someone.

- 3 examples of where an apostrophe go in a sentence.

  1. Oh no you're going to be late for school.
  2. Trey that is Jeremy's watch.
  3. I've stolen Oliver's car.

- When should you NOT use an apostrophe of possession?

When you come to a random S you don't just randomly put an apostrophe before the S.
(eg. is not i's unless you are talking about the letter I.)

- When should you use an apostrophe of contraction? 

You use an apostrophe of contraction when you come to a word like:
I have you can turn this to I've and we are you can turn this to we're.

- Why do we use apostrophe of contractions?

To shorten long words.

- Where does the apostrophe of contraction go in a contracted word?

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