This is a lesson on how to correctly use apostrophes to show possession. I cover common grammatical mistakes, as well as joint ownership.
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i dont get the horse example..
Horse’s and Horses’ is almost the same.. haw can u differ them if they sound so alike.
thanks…
i love u
i should be I
I’m confusing from this videos to me
@DanielCMM
Thats a tricky one, you’re right. I’ve always wondered how to pronounce apostrophes appropriately.
But I suppose you’d just have to double the s somehow. Like, Horse’s should just be pronounced as Horses and Horses’s should be pronounced Horses-s.
Actually, what I just said doesn’t make sense… But that’s just my guess.
Hi, My name is Karma from India.
I like to more on English writing skill.
The possessive “‘s” is actually a fossil of the archaic way of expressing possession.
For eaxample, “John’s hat” would originally have been written “John his hat”. This form survives in some modern Germanic languages.
Really impressive Valen! But why were you saying /aposhtrophe/. The ‘s’ makes the sound of ‘s’ or ‘sh’? Or is it just your habit to pronounce ‘sh’ for ‘s’? Anyway, thanks. I had this problem of pronouncing James’s (Jamesis). I wasn’t sure we Pakistanis were right in pronouncing like you did. But now I know we were.
Don’t say “there’s two different ways”. That should be “there are two different ways”, as “there’s” is the same as “there is”, and “is” is only for singular items.
I love how you teach, congrutalations, there is things I can’t understand because in my country we speak spanish, and I’m beginning in this, but congrutalations, you and Engvid, make a very good job.
thank you!
thank you
Thank you for this lesson. For some reason some teachers are accepting just an apostrophe at the end of a noun that ends in “s.” instead of the proper apostrophe-s as you have shown. YAY!
~Fellow English Teacher
Now, if we can only teach ’80s and ’90s instead of 80′s and 90′s.
i real dont undestand so much
Hello Valen! I love your voice. I love listening to your lessons. You enunciate the words so beautifully. Well done! Cheers, :0)
Hi Valen, u teach very nicely. I had a lil bit confusion in apostrophes but u cleared that. Thank you very much!
Hi Valen, u teach very nicely. I had a lil bit confusion in apostrophes but u cleared that. Thank you very much!
@maged902 ~please don’t disturb her cause she is my idol!
Thanks for putting this up. Its helpful. U are a good teacher by the way.
Thankyou <3
need more videos on this….
excellent.! thank you
Thank you SO MUCH! This helped a lot.
you are very nice teacher. I like too much the classes.