Monday, January 14, 2013

Apostrophe Rules

Apostrophe is one of the popularly used punctuation marks. Apostrophe is generally used to indicate ownership. For example: Maria’s printed bed sheets that she recently bought online are lovely. Apostrophe is also used with contractions. For example: Instead of who is going to buy kids seating for playroom one can also write it as who’s going to buy kids’ seating for playroom . While using apostrophe in a sentence, it is very essential to adhere to some apostrophe rules. Let’s have a look at some of these in this post.

Rule 1: The apostrophe is used to indicate missing letters in a word. For example: Can’t you buy printed bed sheets online003F`

Rule 2: Apostrophe is used before ‘s’ to show possession of a singular form. For example: Mohan’s bike is very costly.

Rule 3: Apostrophe usage can be ignored when a word ends with the letter ‘s’. For example: Ms. Jones’ daughter is exploring booster seat India collection for last few days.

Rule 4: Apostrophe must not be used after the plural of a name. For example: The Changs have two shops where you can find booster seat India collections.

Rule 5: Apostrophe is used at end of a compound-noun. For example: My mother-in-law’s health keeps fluctuating.

Rule 6: If a possession is defined for two people or places, the apostrophe must be place at the end of second person or place. For example: Mira and Rohan’s house is right next to a restaurant.

Rule 7: Apostrophe must not be used with possessive pronouns. For example: This bag is hers and not yours.

Rule 8: Apostrophe is used for possessive pronoun ‘its’ when it is used as contraction for ‘it is’ or ‘it has’. For example: It’s been raining since morning. These are some of the most common rules of apostrophe that one needs to follow while using it in word or a phrase.

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