Apostrophes – how to use them

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Definition



The apostrophe is a raised comma —
like this ( ‘ ).
It is used to show possession and to punctuate contractions.



Examples

Possession- My mother’s house – The girl’s bicycle







The house belongs to my mother – The bicycle belongs to the girl

Contractions- There’s nobody here – Where’s Freddy?
There is nobody here – Where is Freddy?








Many people have problems with the apostrophe. [You're not alone.]

Use

We can write The tail of the dog or The dog’s tail. This is possession – when
something belongs to someone or something.

We can also write It is a lovely day or It’s a lovely day. This is contraction – when two words are merged. The apostrophe is used to denote the missing letter

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Possession






When the possessor is single we indicate possession by using an apostrophe followed by the letter s:


The man’s coat





my sister’s hat






When the possessors are plural, the apostrophe is placed after the final s:


The girls’ bicycles





my cousins’ parents






When names end with the letter ‘s’, either use is acceptable:


James’ wife or





James’s wife


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Contractions










In formal writing we would write She has always loved him, but when speaking we would probably say She’s always loved him. The apostrophe is used to indicate the missing letters (or sounds).

I’m (I am) He’s (He is) You’re (You are)

Notice the difference between it’s (it is) and its (belonging to it).

[سمو المترفة]

:d5:

[prestigious]

شرح جميل ومبسط
بارك الله فيك استمعت وحقا استفدت
لكن سؤال
He’s (He is)
he's = he has << اخبرها هي هاز:cheese:

[محمد الخيبري]

thanks for this great lecture :biggrin:

[هيوفه دلع]

شرح جميل ومبسط
بارك الله فيك استمعت وحقا استفدت
لكن سؤال
He’s (He is)
he's = he has << اخبرها هي هاز:cheese:



i think you can realize if it's He is or He has by the tense used in the sentence
nice to see your reply

[prestigious]

i think you can realize if it's He is or He has by the tense used in the sentence
nice to see your reply
ٌReally ?
This is a new information to me

what about possessive
he's house
or his house

his =for him =right ?
he's house =his house Too or what

Can You Give me more examples please I have a problem between them

[هيوفه دلع]

ٌReally ?
This is a new information to me

what about possessive
he's house
or his house

his =for him =right ?
he's house =his house Too or what

Can You Give me more examples please I have a problem between them


you mean He has a house
becomes

He's a house

Yes that's right

here some e.g,

1. He's just eaten. (He has just eatn)

2. An average of one baby's kidnapped every day. (An average of one baby is kidnapped every day)

[طموح لا ينكسر]

thanks sister for your nice thread

in a simple way

if after the s, you see a verb in the past, that means surely, has..if there is a noun, sure the s means is

thanks so much dear sister for your valuable topics

[وادي زاعم]

we must learn how to live together like brothers or die together like fools

[prestigious]

Many Thanks
To You Guys
My english is getting worse :007:

[طموح لا ينكسر]

Many Thanks
To You Guys
My english is getting worse :007:


no at all, there comes a time where a person feels like this. However, it should not continue for a longer time. You need to ask about every single piece of information. As the time passes on, bear in mind that learning is never ended

May Allah bless you

[ARAMCO GUY]

I think that you know the grammar exactly in English is not very important but speaking
fluently is important
Thank you

[طموح لا ينكسر]

Aramco Guy

Everything plays a role. Nothing is less than the other, when it comes to a business communication, Grammar plays a very significant part. Actually it has to be balanced somehow. Sometimes, you will be in a very embarrassing situation if you talk or write using a weakened grammar, you will have a lot of problems

May Allah bless you all

[P e a c e]

you mean He has a house
becomes

He's a house

Yes that's right



Think again :wink:

[طموح لا ينكسر]

Think again :wink:

Dear

is there any problem with the subject sentence?

share ur experience

[فضيل]

definition



the apostrophe is a raised comma —
like this ( ‘ ).
it is used to show possession and to punctuate contractions.



examples

possession- my mother’s house – the girl’s bicycle







the house belongs to my mother – the bicycle belongs to the girl

contractions- there’s nobody here – where’s freddy?
there is nobody here – where is freddy?








many people have problems with the apostrophe. [you're not alone.]

use

we can write the tail of the dog or the dog’s tail. This is possession – when
something belongs to someone or something.

we can also write it is a lovely day or it’s a lovely day. This is contraction – when two words are merged. the apostrophe is used to denote the missing letter

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

possession






when the possessor is single we indicate possession by using an apostrophe followed by the letter s:


the man’s coat





my sister’s hat






when the possessors are plural, the apostrophe is placed after the final s:


the girls’ bicycles





my cousins’ parents






when names end with the letter ‘s’, either use is acceptable:


james’ wife or





james’s wife


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

contractions










in formal writing we would write she has always loved him, but when speaking we would probably say she’s always loved him. The apostrophe is used to indicate the missing letters (or sounds).

i’m (i am) he’s (he is) you’re (you are)

notice the difference between it’s (it is) and its (belonging to it).










قوية في القرامر وتجين مستوى أقل :064:

[prestigious]

look When i speak english there is no problem at all
But Sometimes I speak words that I don't know How To write it
I have difficulties Cuz I'm learning Italian At the same time
Cuz I already Paid the money to the Teacher and it goes Well
I fall in love with it =Italian language
I will be a good in english insha'Allah but not good that I hoped Cuz Now I learn Two Different languges At the same time and i must to put a scale that helps me to practice each language in its Time
Sometimes I feel That my english is so bad and I feel that My Vocabularies Go from my mind
But When I be Full of activity I can Speak ,write and listen to what They say
Tell me Guys I want to be a good Student in The Italian one
But meanwhile I''m studying english
and every word i want to figure out its meaning i see what does mean

in english and once in italian

it's really difficult i need to buy more time for my english,Italian




la casa =the house
Io sono l'Arabia= I'm saudi
:rose:
Check up my writing plz Cuz I wrote it on a hurry
IF you Found Any mistakes Just Correct them
The majority Here Is Better than me in High rank

:rose:

[هيوفه دلع]

Think again :wink:


what's wrong with it ?

[هيوفه دلع]

قوية في القرامر وتجين مستوى أقل :064:

i hope so

[هيوفه دلع]

look When i speak english there is no problem at all
But Sometimes I speak words that I don't know How To write it
I have difficulties Cuz I'm learning Italian At the same time
Cuz I already Paid the money to the Teacher and it goes Well
I fall in love with it =Italian language
I will be a good in english insha'Allah but not good that I hoped Cuz Now I learn Two Different languges At the same time and i must to put a scale that helps me to practice each language in its Time
Sometimes I feel That my english is so bad and I feel that My Vocabularies Go from my mind
But When I be Full of activity I can Speak ,write and listen to what They say
Tell me Guys I want to be a good Student in The Italian one
But meanwhile I''m studying english
and every word i want to figure out its meaning i see what does mean

in english and once in italian

it's really difficult i need to buy more time for my english,Italian




la casa =the house
Io sono l'Arabia= I'm saudi
:rose:
Check up my writing plz Cuz I wrote it on a hurry
IF you Found Any mistakes Just Correct them
The majority Here Is Better than me in High rank

:rose:


i think it is so difficult to study two languages at the same time
that will make your learning more complicated
you can not master any of them



any way
good luck


:106:

[abu mohannad]

Many Thanks
To You Guys
My english is getting worse :007:




?????????????

what do you mean ??


:cool:

[abu mohannad]

احس الموضوع .. قاعدين نشخص على بعض .. يعني نعرف انقليزي

:lllolll:

شكرا لصاحبة الموضوع

i got benefited

[P e a c e]

what's wrong with it ?

searching for the information to give you something certain

give me some time :rose:

[هيوفه دلع]

searching for the information to give you something certain

give me some time :rose:


Radhwan you'll find out that
I'm right

:tongue:

[هيوفه دلع]

احس الموضوع .. قاعدين نشخص على بعض .. يعني نعرف انقليزي

:lllolll:

شكرا لصاحبة الموضوع

i got benefited

if we know English and we just show up
why then studying it and bothering ourselves


thanks for your comment

[P e a c e]

There are very few examples about this strage shortening has or have when it means possisson

until now what I found is this is completely uncommon in American English

In British English it's used in the form of "I've a car" but not formally - and I think also not officially

and some say they've found it used in some books

But I didn't find any website talks about shortening has when it is a main verb like your example

like: He's a car

still searching :007:

[هيوفه دلع]

There are very few examples about this strage shortening has or have when it means possisson

until now what I found is this is completely uncommon in American English

In British English it's used in the form of "I've a car" but not formally - and I think also not officially

and some say they've found it used in some books

But I didn't find any website talks about shortening has when it is a main verb like your example

like: He's a car

still searching :007:


i don't know why you are insisting on this point
you are right it is not commonly used but it is right
:biggrin:

[yasmin+]

thanks alot

:d5:

i hope to write more exsamples to be more clearly grammer

^

corrcte to me if i have any mestake in writing

:rose:

[هيوفه دلع]

thanks alot


:d5:

i hope to write more exsamples to be more clearly grammer

^

corrcte to me if i have any mestake in writing

:rose:



i hope to add some examples to clarify this grammar

correct me if i have any mistakes in writing

Yasmin you're welcome
i'll provide you with some links that may be useful in that regard

[طموح لا ينكسر]

رضوان

I do agree with you that such shortening should be used in writing. However, if it used, we at least know from the context what they mean

this is it

May Allah bless you all

[طموح لا ينكسر]

shortening should NOT be used in writing

sorry

[هيوفه دلع]

http://grammar.about.com/od/punctuationandmechanics/tp/GuideApostrophe.htm

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/apostrophes.html

[Silent Light]

Masha Allah

I'd like to thank you for the excellent explanation

i wish you always in good health

best luck

[yasmin+]

http://grammar.about.com/od/punctuationandmechanics/tp/GuideApostrophe.htm

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/apostrophes.html



:rose: thanks

i'll studying hard

[Silent Light]

Many Thanks
To You Guys
My English is getting worse :007:


you're kidding right

:biggrin:





:biggrin:

[Silent Light]

http://grammar.about.com/od/punctuationandmechanics/tp/GuideApostrophe.htm

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/apostrophes.html


they r great links

thank you

[تخطيت السحاب]

thnks a lots haeeof

i havedont more vocabularies
i'm learning english now from all you

i want to be can speak english

is it right؟

[P e a c e]

Finally, I got it

:biggrin:

see these two sites

http://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/1/104/104/L104lecture1/L104Lecture1b.htm

http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit19_grammar.htm

They both say that shortening have or has when they mean possession is INCORRECT

and there are a lot more sites, but these tow are talking clearer about the issue
and most of the other sites are forums, and I didn't want to use forums to support my opinion

although, British people use the form "I've a car" but only as a slang maybe

But I didn't find any thing that supports the form "He's a car" not even as a slang

and I think the reason is because it's very confusing, see this example:

He's a problem

it could mean:

He has a problem
or
He is a problem

they are completely different from each other

[{%{محمد}%}]

Thank you

[prestigious]

Finally, I got it

:biggrin:

see these two sites

http://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/1/104/104/L104lecture1/L104Lecture1b.htm

http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit19_grammar.htm

They both say that shortening have or has when they mean possession is INCORRECT

and there are a lot more sites, but these tow are talking clearer about the issue
and most of the other sites are forums, and I didn't want to use forums to support my opinion

although, British people use the form "I've a car" but only as a slang maybe

But I didn't find any thing that supports the form "He's a car" not even as a slang

and I think the reason is because it's very confusing, see this example:

He's a problem

it could mean:

He has a problem
or
He is a problem

they are completely different from each other

You are right but I think that i saw it somewhere

and somehow it's correct
But To be honest with you
I'm 99% not sure


I've a car"= I have got a car =right ?

[P e a c e]

You are right but I think that i saw it somewhere

and somehow it's correct
But To be honest with you
I'm 99% not sure


I've a car"= I have got a car =right ?

You are right!

especially in the British dialect as I said

and I mentioned that some people say they found it used in some books

but in academic speech, It's incorrect

so "I've a car" can be used sometimes even it is academicly not correct
but "He's a car" is definitely incorrect

[P e a c e]

رضوان

I do agree with you that such shortening should be used in writing. However, if it used, we at least know from the context what they mean

this is it

May Allah bless you all

You're right, we can get the meaning form the context
but see this sentence

I ain't has not any moneys

we can get the meaning from the context even it's grammatically wrong

The role of grammar is that it helps us to get the meaning from context as easy as it could be

so this sentence which is grammatically right

I do not have money

you get the meaning easily

[P e a c e]

I think that you know the grammar exactly in English is not very important but speaking
fluently is important
Thank you


It is right to some extent

It's like saying

It's not important to have a good car
the important is driving well

In my point of view: the more grammar knowledge you get, the more well your language gets, including speaking abilities.

[prestigious]

I asked my Friend and he has been living in America in Ohio State For Two Yers and still There
And i told him what do you think About This Sentence

What does mean =he's a car
he told me that he has a car
Cuz it doesn't make any sense when you say that its meaning =he is a car
when you want to make it for him you can say
his car

I told you That I'm not sure 99% But the 1 percent still Glimmer of hope

[فضيل]

http://grammar.about.com/od/punctuationandmechanics/tp/GuideApostrophe.htm

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/apostrophes.html


استفدت من روابطك هذولي خصوصا في حاجة ما كنت أعرفها:-


Tom's car للمفرد

the books' covers للجمع

يعني الجمع مافي ابوسترفي :d5:

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وأيضاً james' car
أو
james's car

كلها صح الإثنين :d5:

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شكراً مليووووووووووووووووووون :d5::106::106::d5:

[احمد الدمام]

ما شاء الله

قاعدين تسولفون عن القواعد وانا مفهي:71:

يجي يوم واقعد اسولف بكل طلاقه :cool:

ان شاء الله

موفقين

[prestigious]

استفدت من روابطك هذولي

خصوصا في حاجة ما كنت أعرفها

Tom's car للمفرد

the books' covers للجمع

يعني الجمع مافي ابوسترفي :d5:

شكراً مليووووووووووووووووووون

اخوي والله انا محتاس الحين الملكيه للجمع
مايجي جمعين ورا بعض هذا الي اعرفه ويمكن الي اعرفه يكون خطأ

The Books' cover
My Friends' car

my friends' cars =احسها خاطئه كذا
عموما اشرحلي النقطه ذي ماعليك امر

[فضيل]

اخوي والله انا محتاس الحين الملكيه للجمع
مايجي جمعين ورا بعض هذا الي اعرفه ويمكن الي اعرفه يكون خطأ

The Books' cover
My Friends' car

my friends' cars =احسها خاطئه كذا
عموما اشرحلي النقطه ذي ماعليك امر

أشرح ليه لا؟

[تخطيت السحاب]

thnks a lots haeeof


i havedont more vocabularies
i'm learning english now from all you

i want to be can speak english


is it right؟

:007::007::007::007::007::bawling::bawling::bawlin g:

[فضيل]

سؤالك مذكور هنا :

شوف الرابط هذا, وفيه يجوز ان يكون الجمع من غير s الجمع (ترى أنا أول مرة أدري عنه الحين) :

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/apostrophes.html

[فضيل]

اخوي والله انا محتاس الحين الملكيه للجمع
مايجي جمعين ورا بعض هذا الي اعرفه ويمكن الي اعرفه يكون خطأ

The Books' cover
My Friends' car

my friends' cars =احسها خاطئه كذا
عموما اشرحلي النقطه ذي ماعليك امر


سؤالك مذكور هنا :

شوف الرابط هذا, وفيه يجوز ان يكون الجمع من غير s الجمع (ترى أنا أول مرة أدري عنه الحين) :

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com...ostrophes.html (http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/apostrophes.html)

[فضيل]

بريستيج:

إرجع لمشاركتي فوق: مسوي شرح مفصل (وملون) آخر تلووووووووووووين :hahahahahah::hahahahahah::hahahahahah:

[prestigious]

بارك الله فيك اخ فضيل وضحت الصوره

لكن للإزاده هذا شرح مفصل
:004:

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

اكرر شكري اخ فضيل قريت ردك (:

[Student 2010]

[quote=هيوفه دلع;6814025]


شكرا اختي هيوفة .. ممكن اذا عندك رابط للمصدر عشان نستفيد وياليت اذا عندك رابط او مرفق مرتب بخصوص الرايتنغ ولك الشكر.

[فضيل]

بارك الله فيك اخ فضيل وضحت الصوره

لكن للإزاده هذا شرح مفصل
:004:

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

اكرر شكري اخ فضيل قريت ردك (:

العفو اخوي

[طالب كويس]

Яшин на седло корове

[طالب كويس]

Pensez-vous que la langue anglaise difficile, même Ttfnnoa vers les gens Si ce n'était pas ma culture et les Français sont devenus des sciences

[طالب كويس]

O meu problema eu tenho sete línguas e está em silêncio o que eu quero sabe
Avatar você honestamente visto um talento Tgbron
A ninguém o que eu estava com medo do olho
Eu era um Halehin
Diga: Eu procuro o Senhor da Alvorada

[تخطيت السحاب]

thnks a lots haeeof


i havedont more vocabularies
i'm learning english now from all you

i want to be can speak english


is it right؟


:017::017:

[prestigious]

Яшин на седло корове
لغه روسيه

[prestigious]

pensez-vous que la langue anglaise difficile, même ttfnnoa vers les gens si ce n'était pas ma culture et les français sont devenus des sciences
لغه لاتينيه بحته واعتقد الأقرب من الخمس لغات هي اللغه الفرنسيه

[prestigious]

O meu problema eu tenho sete línguas e está em silêncio o que eu quero sabe
Avatar você honestamente visto um talento Tgbron
A ninguém o que eu estava com medo do olho
Eu era um Halehin
Diga: Eu procuro o Senhor da Alvorada

ياخي لعبن فيني ادوات التعريف
اداوت التعريف في اللغه الايطاليه

la <للمذكر
le=للمؤنث
una =للمؤنث اداة تنكير
uno =اداة تنكير للمذكر
Gli=اداة جمع
شكرا لك
صححلي بالله

[gєℓηαя]

:Looking_anim:

للحين ما خلصنا دراستنا بالانجليزي توجهنا للاتنيني ؟

[prestigious]

:looking_anim:

للحين ما خلصنا دراستنا بالانجليزي توجهنا للاتنيني ؟

عندما تريد ان تتعلم اللغه الايطاليه او الفرنسيه
ستجد سهوله تامه

لأنك مسبقا انت دارس لغه انكليزيه
لان الانكليزيه مشتقه من الاتينيه

[gєℓηαя]

^

على طاري الفرنسي انا واعوذ بالله منها ادرس فرنسي عندي كتب ومراجع للغة الفرنسيه :004::004:


يعني ما حكرت نفس فقط في اللغة الانجليزية :004::004:


هذا دليل على اني احب لغة الغرب :004::004:

[التوفيق من الله]

ايطاليه مره وحده :biggrin:

ماشاء الله وربي تحمسسون :(204):

[prestigious]

اذا تبغى دروس فرنسي علمني اعطيك مدرس يدرس الأساسيات
على اليوتوب

[التوفيق من الله]

ياليت والله دامنا عطله :wink: ع الاقل نستفيد ..

[prestigious]

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9B00B2707B10CA90&feature=plcp

[التوفيق من الله]

يسلموا خيو prestigious يعطيك الف عافيه :106::106:

ان شاء الله اتعلم كم من حرف :tongue:

[prestigious]

يسلموا خيو prestigious يعطيك الف عافيه :106::106:

ان شاء الله اتعلم كم من حرف :tongue:

هههههههههه انا بادي كيفية تكوين جمله
وتعمقت بالقواعد الإيطاليه
ان شاء الله ماتنتهي العطله إلا واكون بيرفكت

[التوفيق من الله]

ماشاء الله انا اعتبرها هوايه>> هناكك فرق :biggrin:

ربي يسهل عليك ان شاء الله :(204):

[P e a c e]

I asked my Friend and he has been living in America in Ohio State For Two Yers and still There
And i told him what do you think About This Sentence

What does mean =he's a car
he told me that he has a car
Cuz it doesn't make any sense when you say that its meaning =he is a car
when you want to make it for him you can say
his car

I told you That I'm not sure 99% But the 1 percent still Glimmer of hope

and if you say
he's not a car

then Problems begin

If you can get the meaning from context, that does not make your sentence correct

I said that to my brother طموح لا ينكسر

like the sentence I wrote

I ain't has not any moneys

in this sentence there is only one meaning, but that does not make it correct

It's still incorrect

[هيوفه دلع]

Good morning all

i hope all have benefited from this topic
special thanks for Radhwan finally he found the explanation that we were confused about it

thanks for everyone share us his information

and i still have more topics about writing and good grammar
your support is highly appreciated

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شكرا اختي هيوفة .. ممكن اذا عندك رابط للمصدر عشان نستفيد وياليت اذا عندك رابط او مرفق مرتب بخصوص الرايتنغ ولك الشكر.


المصدر موجود و لكنه تجميع باجتهاد مني من عدة مواقع

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Apostrophes
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp
http://grammar.about.com/od/punctuat...Apostrophe.htm (http://grammar.about.com/od/punctuationandmechanics/tp/GuideApostrophe.htm)

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com...ostrophes.html (http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/apostrophes.html)

بخصوص الكتابة بحاول افتح موضوع خاص و الكل يستفيد ان شاء الله

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thnks a lots haeeof


i havedont more vocabularies
i'm learning english now from all you

i want to be can speak english


is it right؟


welcome
by training you will be able to speak and write
keep in touch

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Good morning all

i hope all have benefited from this topic
special thanks for Radhwan finally he found the explanation that we were confused about it

thanks for everyone share us his information

and i still have more topics about writing and good grammar
your support is highly appreciated

Thank you. Helpful lesson
I got your idea
But I'm Confused about Your word
Everyone -I know that it's a singular
why you didn't put S with the Verb Share >
Can someone correct me i'm 100% sure that i'm wrong

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Thank you. Helpful lesson
I got your idea
But I'm Confused about Your word
Everyone -I know that it's a singular
why you didn't put S with the Verb Share >
Can someone correct me i'm 100% sure that i'm wrong

You are right as usual
ما شاء الله عليك

see this link bout this issue

http://www.ckfu.org/vb/t230373.html

but here I think "shared" would be better