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A p o s t r o p h e s

A p o s t r o p h e s. ‘. ‘. ‘. Intro. The apostrophe is a part of punctuation; it is used to indicate missing letters or possession. Here are some examples: . Sally ’ s donkey is fat and ugly. Or…. I can ’ t dance with that octopus. Do you get it?? The first

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A p o s t r o p h e s

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  1. Apostrophes ‘ ‘ ‘

  2. Intro The apostrophe is a part of punctuation; it is used to indicate missing letters or possession. Here are some examples: Sally’s donkey is fat and ugly. Or… I can’t dance with that octopus.

  3. Do you get it?? The first example was of possession. This is how you use it: You put the name or thing Then our beloved… apostrophe! Then you add an s. Here is an example Fatty’ s foot. Or… Gertrude’s pet giraffe

  4. BUT…

  5. If the word is plural… Just add an apostrophe on the end!! Pour exemple… The fat girls’ onions. Or… The gorillas’ uncles.

  6. The other type of usage of the • apostrophe is for missing letters. • You use it to make a word into what we call a contraction. • A contraction is a shortened word, like shouldn’t; it was used when a letter was skipped; they add should and not together, then remove the o.

  7. There is no real pattern for finding contractions; you’d be better off just looking on Google.

  8. Here are some examples.

  9. I’m I am You’re You are Don’t Do not Isn’t Is not I’ll I will Let’s Let us Hadn’t Had not Haven’t Have not

  10. ‘ Thanks for watching!!!!      I hope you’ve enjoyed it!!!! ‘ ‘

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