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1、THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHETheapostrophehasonlyahandfulofuses,buttheseusesareveryimportant.Amisplacedapostrophecanbeannoying—nottomentionlonely.1.tocreatepossessives2.toshowcontractions3.tocreatesomepluralformsTheapostropheisused:THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHETheapostropheisusedtocreateposse
2、ssiveformsforsingularandpluralnouns,especiallynounsreferringtopeople.themayor’scar,myfather’smoustachePedrito’ssister,JoeKennedy’shabitsTHEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEWhenanounalreadyendsin“s,”youcandecidewhetherornottouseanother“s”aftertheapostrophe.Charles’scarORCharles’carDumas’sec
3、ondnovel,Jesus’birth,Socrates’ideas,Illinois’legislatureWithmultisyllabicwords,don’taddanother“s”aftertheapostrophe.THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEToformthepossessiveofaninanimateobject,we’reusuallybetteroffusingan“ofphrase,”buttheapostrophepossessiveisnotimpossible,especiallywithexpr
4、essionsoftimeandinpersonifications.Theroarofthegreasepaint,thesmellofthecrowdayear’ssalary,myheart’sdesire,yourdollar’sworth,thepaper’sconclusionTHEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEToformthepossessiveofapluralnoun,wepluralizefirstandthenaddtheapostrophe.TheKennedys’houseThechildren’splayho
5、useThetravelers’expectationsNoticethatwithanirregularplural,theapostrophewillcomebeforethe“s.”THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEAcontractionallowsustoblendsoundsbyomittinglettersfromaverbconstruction.Theapostropheshowswheresomethingisleftout.Iamastudenthere=I’mastudenthere.Ihavebeenworki
6、ngontherailroad.=I’vebeenworkingontherailroad.Theycouldhavebeengreattogether.=Theycould’vebeengreattogether.THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHEMorecontractionexamples:Letusgo.=Let’sgo.Whoisthere?=Who’sthere?ItisDierdre.=It’sDierdre.REMINDER:It’sisacontractionfor“itis”;thepossessiveofit=it
7、s(noapostrophe).THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHETheapostropheisalsousedtoformthepluralofdigitsandletters...ThewordMississippihasfours’s.ShegotthreeA’sandtwoB’slastsemester.Shedottedallheri’sverycarefully....andtoindicateomissionofanumberinadate:summerof’99;classof’38THEMIGHTYAPOSTROPHE
8、Themightyapostrophedoesn’tmindbeingused,butitwantstobeusedwisely.Useitwellanditwillbether
