THAT CRAZY APOSTROPHE (Part I)

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THAT CRAZY APOSTROPHE (Part I)
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The Original Use of the Apostrophe

• to show dropped letterslike in Shakespeares
  plays.

Tis a consummation devoutly to be wishd.
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Today, the apostrophe has 3 main jobs.

• 1. Show ownership
• 2. Show omission of letters in contractions
• 3. Show plurals of numbers, letters, and other
  stuff (Rarely used)

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1. To show ownership of a singular noun add s

• The gorillas bananas are on the sidewalk.

• Rule
• The owner
• is left of the apostrophe

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1. To show ownership of a plural noun ending in s
add

• The gorillas bananas are on the train.

• Rule
• The owners
• are left of the apostrophe

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1. To show ownership of a plural noun ending in s
add

• The gorillas bananas are on the train.

The apostrophe goes AFTER the s to show the
bananas belong to more than one gorilla
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1. To show ownership of a singular noun add s

• The boys room stinks.

• Rule
• The owner
• is left of the apostrophe

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1. To show ownership of a plural noun ending in s
add

• The boys room stinks.

• Rule
• The owners
• are left of the apostrophe

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1. Ownership
The apostrophe goes AFTER the s to show the room
belongs to more than one boy.

• The boys room stinks.

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Some plural nouns dont end with an s

• children
• women
• men
• people

• Treat these words just like a singular noun, such
  as cat.
• Simply add s to show ownership

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Some plural nouns dont end with an s

• the childrens toys
• the womens field house
• the mens bathroom
• the peoples country
• Simply add s

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Problems arising from missing apostrophes

• People at work will often organize documents in
  an In Tray and Out Tray
• Problems arose in an office when a worker named
  Dick labeled his In Tray without the apostrophe
• Dicks In Tray

This means something different than Dicks In
Tray
Dicks In Tray
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Problems arising from missing apostrophes

• Sign at a hotel convention
• New Members Welcome Drink
• That means something different than
• New Members Welcome Drink

Verb
Adj.
Look at how the word welcome changes from one
part of speech to another because of the
apostrophe.
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2. To show the omission of letters in contractions

• who is whos
• they are theyre
• could have couldve
• there is theres
• do not dont
• you all yall
• it is its

The apostrophe takes the place of the missing
letters.
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2. To show the omission of letters in contractions

• Class of 08
• Summer of 69
• Tons o fun!
• Keep on truckin
• Gday mate!
• KFC Finger lickin good

The apostrophe takes the place of the missing
letters.
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its vs. its

• its is short for it is
• its shows ownership
• That dog is chasing its tail!
• Test If replacing its with it is makes sense,
  you know you need an apostrophe.
• That dog is chasing it is tail.

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its vs. its

• A clever dog knows its master.
• A clever dog knows its master.
• These two sentences mean two different
  thingsall because of the apostrophe.

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Catapostrophes!
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