Apostrophes are used to indicate ownership with plural nouns, contractions and dates. Discover how the use of apostrophe changes when dealing with plural words with help from a certified tutor in this free video on punctuation in the English language. Expert: Paige Carrera Bio: Paige Carrera is a certified tutor for both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
Month: May 2011
How do you spell an evil laugh?
Mwa haha, or muah haha? I spell it the first way. I only say muah, when I’m writing a kiss.
And please don’t write "an evil laugh" as an answer.
23. The Truth about Apostrophes. English Grammar Lesson
Straight talk from Yossarian the Grammarian about apostrophes and why “the Jones’s house” is wrong and “the Joneses’ house” is right. English grammar
Yahoo spellchecker can't spell. How do I get it to recognise English and not a bastardised form of English.?
Why do authors use apostrophe in literature?
This is not what I mean by apostrophe : "
I mean when a character in a book is talking to an idea or a person that is not there.
Like "Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo?"
Why do authors use this method?
What are the benefits?
How does it effect the audience?
Lingo – Spelling Mistakes
Clips of some “Lingo” contestant slip-ups.
The Misuse of Apostrophe’s (Steve’s Grammatical Observations #2)
See the Steve’s Grammar DEMO REEL with links to other episodes: www.youtube.com Steve’s Grammatical Observations is now on Facebook: www.facebook.com The apostrophe is being grossly misused, not only to pluralize nouns, but most recently in the 3rd person conjugation of verbs. for example: he want’s – wtf???
Spelling question – Is it ware and tare or wear and tear?
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I saw this text on a website today, and had to rub my eyes to make sure I was awake:
What was written:
ware and tare – both words are incorrect for the meaning of this phrase above.
If we write, “Items have a small amount of ware and tare.” using the spelling above, the sentence will mean, “Items have a small amount of goods and weight.” — whereas the author actually/probably meant, “Items have a small amount of damage and have not been worn down much.”
What should have been written? These words sound the SAME but have different spelling than the first example:
wear and tear – this spelling is correct!
In this instance, “Wear” refers to how much an item has been used or worn.
In this instance, “Tear” refers to how much an item has been used and may have damage due to its use.
TIP — there are two meanings for the word “tear” and two different ways to pronounce the same word:
- in this example above, “tear” means to tear a piece of paper or other item, meaning “rip” — in this case, the word is pronounced the same as “hair”.
- the second way to use “tear” is when we want to cry and a tear may roll down our cheek because we are sad — in this case, the word is pronounced the same as “ear”.
Does this help? Please do let me know.
Have you seen anything similar to this? I’d love to hear from you if you have :-)