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Kurs: SAT > Rozdział 4
Lekcja 8: SAT Writing and Language Test Strategies- Mark up the test: Writing and Language Test edition
- How to approach sentence and paragraph sequence questions
- How to approach sentence addition/deletion questions
- SAT Writing and Language Test Tips Share Space
- Quick Punctuation Rules
- Apostrophes
- Solving Expression of Ideas questions
- Solving Standard English Conventions questions
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Apostrophes
Is it it's or its? Learn the basics about apostrophes here!
We use an apostrophe ( ' ) to indicate possession (e.g. Spot’s spots), or to substitute for one or more letters in a contraction (e.g. don’t, they’re).
What is a contraction?
Contractions are words that are created by combining two other words - we add an apostrophe to stand in for the letters we take out.
Examples:
- they're (they are)
- don't (do not)
- didn't (did not)
- can't (can not)
- shouldn't (should not)
- couldn't (could not)
- wouldn't (would not)
- he's (he has or he is)
- she's (she has or she is)
- I'll (I will)
- you'll (you will)
- he'll (he will)
- she'll (she will)
- we'll (we will)
- they'll (they will)
- let's (let us)
- won't (will not)
and a fun one:
- fo'c's'le (forecastle – the room where the crew is housed in front of the mast of a sailing ship)
Note: When writing an expository essay for school, avoid using contractions. They create an informal style that is inappropriate for an academic setting.
Possessive Pronouns
The Rule: Possessive pronouns never use apostrophes!
Wrong: your's, her's, our's, their's
Right: yours, hers, ours, theirs, its
The Trouble with Its
Its is a possessive pronoun – think of it just as you think of yours, ours, hers and theirs - none of these have apostrophes - ever!
It's is a contraction for "it is"
Singular Possessive
The Rule: to make a singular noun possessive, add an apostrophe and an s ( 's )
Examples:
- sister's smartphone
- cat's collar
- Justin's moves
- nurse's uniform
- horse's hooves
Plural Possessive
The Rule: to make most plural nouns possessive, just add an apostrophe ( ' )
Examples:
- my friends' playlists (for more than one friend)
- the dogs' barking (for more than one dog)
- The Beatles' third album
- the nurses' uniforms (for more than one nurse)
- horses' hooves (for more than one horse)
Plural Possessive: The Tricky Ones
The Rule: When the plural noun you want to make possessive doesn't already end with an s, then just add an apostrophe and an s ( 's )
Examples:
- children's toys
- women's clothing
- men's room
- mice's whiskers
- dice's spots
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