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1、THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHETheapostrophehasonlyahandfulofuses,buttheseusesareveryimportant.Amisplacedapostrophecanbeannoying—nottomentionlonely.1.tocreatepossessives2.toshowcontractions3.tocreatesomepluralformsTheapostropheisused:THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHETheapostr
2、opheisusedtocreatepossessiveformsforsingularandpluralnouns,especiallynounsreferringtopeople.themayor’scar,myfather’smoustachePedrito’ssister,JoeKennedy’shabitsTHEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEWhenanounalreadyendsin“s,”youcandecidewhetherornottouseanother“s”afterth
3、eapostrophe.Charles’scarORCharles’carDumas’secondnovel,Jesus’birth,Socrates’ideas,Illinois’legislatureWithmultisyllabicwords,don’taddanother“s”aftertheapostrophe.THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEToformthepossessiveofaninanimateobject,we’reusuallybetteroffusingan“o
4、fphrase,”buttheapostrophepossessiveisnotimpossible,especiallywithexpressionsoftimeandinpersonifications.Theroarofthegreasepaint,thesmellofthecrowdayear’ssalary,myheart’sdesire,yourdollar’sworth,thepaper’sconclusionTHEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEToformthepossessi
5、veofapluralnoun,wepluralizefirstandthenaddtheapostrophe.TheKennedys’houseThechildren’splayhouseThetravelers’expectationsNoticethatwithanirregularplural,theapostrophewillcomebeforethe“s.”THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEAcontractionallowsustoblendsoundsbyomittingle
6、ttersfromaverbconstruction.Theapostropheshowswheresomethingisleftout.Iamastudenthere=I’mastudenthere.Ihavebeenworkingontherailroad.=I’vebeenworkingontherailroad.Theycouldhavebeengreattogether.=Theycould’vebeengreattogether.THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEMorecont
7、ractionexamples:Letusgo.=Let’sgo.Whoisthere?=Who’sthere?ItisDierdre.=It’sDierdre.REMINDER:It’sisacontractionfor“itis”;thepossessiveofit=its(noapostrophe).THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHETheapostropheisalsousedtoformthepluralofdigitsandletters...ThewordMississippi
8、hasfours’s.ShegotthreeA’sandtwoB’slastsemester.Shedottedallheri’sverycarefully....andtoindicateomissionofanumberinadate:summerof’99;classof’38THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEThemightyapostrophedoesn’tmindbeingused,butitwantstobeusedwisely.Useitwellanditwillbether
