More Apostrophe Situations

More Apostrophe Situations

Here are more situations involving the use of the apostrophe. Review them,

and incorporate them into your writing.

  • Use an apostrophe in contractions (words that combine two words
    into one).

    had not = hadn’t were not = weren’t you would = you’d
    would not = wouldn’t I will = I’ll was not = wasn’t

  • Form the plural of a lowercase letter by placing an ’s after the letter.

    There are three a’s in that word.
    Mind your p’s and q’s.

    You do not have to add an apostrophe to form the plural of capitalized letters, numbers, or symbols.

    We counted three Ts in that paragraph. (capitalized letters)
    How many 8s (or eights) are in that column? (numbers)
    Earl loves to use $s (or dollar signs) in his writing. (symbols)

  • Use an apostrophe to show where the letter(s) is left out in a word
    or number.

    The Class of ’18 = The Class of 2018
    Let’s = Let us Gregory’s = Gregory is or Gregory has

  • Use an apostrophe to form the plural of an abbreviation that ends with
    a period.

    B.A.’s (or BAs) = Bachelors of Arts
    M.A.’s (or MAs) = Masters of Arts
    PhD.’s (or PhDs) = Doctors of Philosophy
    P.A.’s (or PAs) = Physicians Assistants

  • Use an apostrophe to form the plural of an abbreviation that is
    not followed by a period. It is also acceptable to write the plural
    without the period.

    How many CD’s (or CDs) do you own?
    How many different LSAT’s (or LSATs) has Bertha taken?

  • --- >>>
  • the interjection
  • Active and passive voices
  • agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
  • agreement involving prepositional phrases
  • Commas Part Five
  • Commas Part Four
  • Commas Part One
  • Commas Part Three
  • Commas Part Two
  • complete and simple predicates
  • complete and simple subjects
  • complex sentences
  • compound complex sentences
  • compound prepositions and the preposition adverb question
  • compound subject and compound predicate
  • compound subjects part two
  • compound subjects part one
  • Confusing usage words part eight
  • Confusing usage words part five
  • Confusing usage words part four
  • Confusing usage words part one
  • Confusing usage words part seven
  • Confusing usage words part six
  • Confusing usage words part three
  • Confusing usage words part three 2
  • Confusing usage words part two
  • First Capitalization List
  • indefinite pronouns
  • Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case
  • introducing clauses
  • introducing phrases
  • Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
  • irregular verbs part one
  • irregular verbs part two
  • Italics Hyphens and Brackets
  • Misplaced and dangling modifiers
  • More Apostrophe Situations
  • More subject verb agreement situations
  • Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
  • Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
  • personal pronouns
  • pronouns and their antecedents
  • Quotation Marks Part Three
  • Quotation Marks Part One
  • Quotation Marks Part Two
  • reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
  • Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
  • regular verb tenses
  • Second Capitalization List
  • sentences fragments and run on sentences
  • singular and plural nouns and pronouns
  • Sound a like words Part Four
  • Sound a like words Part Three
  • Sound a like words Part Two
  • Sound alike words part one
  • subject and verb agreement
  • subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
  • subject verb agreement situations
  • the adjective
  • the adjective clause
  • the adjective phrase
  • the adverb
  • the adverb clause
  • the adverb phrase
  • The Apostrophe
  • the appositive
  • The Colon
  • The coordinating conjunction
  • the correlative conjunction
  • the direct object
  • the gerund and gerund phrase
  • the indirect object
  • the infinitive and infinitive phrase
  • The nominative case
  • the noun
  • the noun adjective pronoun question
  • the noun clause
  • the object of the preposition
  • the participle and participial phrase
  • The possessive case
  • The possessive case 2
  • The possessive case and pronouns
  • the preposition
  • the prepositional phrase
  • the pronoun
  • The Semicolon
  • the subordinating conjunction
  • the verb
  • The verb be
  • the verb phrase
  • Transitive and intransitive verbs
  • types of nouns
  • types of sentences by purpose
  • Using Capital Letters
  • what good writers do
  • My Account / Test History

    Fact
    The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.      .. More >>
    Home
    My Account
    English Test
    Verbal Reasoning
    GK Quiz
    Grammar Test