Apostrophes
“Apostrophes. Why …”, I hear you ask, “do I need to use one??”
Reason 1 : Omit a letter
When you join two words to make one, and you OMIT a character, you insert an apostrophe.
For example:
“I am” – becomes – “I’m”
“We are ” – becomes – “We’re”
“It is” – becomes – “It’s”
Reason 2 : Ownership
When you want to show possession – this thing belongs to that person or thing – use apostrophes.
For example:
Heather’s rubber ducky.
Means, “The rubber ducky belongs to Heather.”
“The company’s picnic is to be held on Saturday.”
Means, “The picnic belongs to the company.”
Choose from the options in the menu to discover more fascintating tidbits about apostrophes and other parts of speech, grammar and punctuation. It isn’t as bad as you thought!
Enjoy,
Teena!
