We use apostrophes (\u2019) for three main reasons.<\/p>\n
It is used in writing a contraction to show the place of the omitted letters.<\/p>\n
can\u2019t (= cannot)
\nit\u2019s (= it is)
\nI\u2019d (= I would\/had)
\nwho\u2019s (= who is\/has)<\/p>\n
We use apostrophes in writing most possessives.<\/p>\n
the girl\u2019s father
\nthree miles\u2019 walk
\ntwo weeks\u2019 work
\nmy parents\u2019 wedding<\/p>\n
Possessive determiners and pronouns do not have apostrophes.<\/p>\n
This is yours. (NOT \u2026your\u2019s.)
\nWhose is that coat? (NOT Who\u2019s \u2026)<\/p>\n
Special plurals<\/strong><\/p>\n Apostrophes are used in the plurals of letters, and often of numbers and abbreviations.<\/p>\n Mind your p\u2019s and q\u2019s. We use apostrophes (\u2019) for three main reasons. Missing letters It is used in writing a contraction to show the place of the omitted letters. can\u2019t (= cannot) it\u2019s (= it is) I\u2019d (=...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[757,776,777],"class_list":["post-71700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-apostrophe","tag-apostrophes","tag-uses-of-apostrophes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71701,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71700\/revisions\/71701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt was in the early 1960\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"