ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)Re: Apostropheshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Apostrophes/crnd/post.htm#10050Tue, 07 Oct 2003 03:23:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10050hitchhiker0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Apostrophes/crnd/post.htm#10050http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-10050.xml<STRONG><a href="/English/Post/vnq/Post.htm" title="Apostrophes">Apostrophes</a></STRONG>, <a href="/English/Post/xkm/Post.htm" title="Using apostrophes">Using apostrophes</a>, (<a href="/English/Post/wqn/Post.htm" title="its, it's">its, it's</a> <a href="/English/Post/bwmr/Post.htm" title="It's again">It's again</a>)Re: Apostropheshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Apostrophes/crhx/post.htm#9959Sun, 05 Oct 2003 11:05:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9959John C.1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Apostrophes/crhx/post.htm#9959http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-9959.xmlBasically: <br /> <br />1. Possession, e.g.: <br /> The carpenter's tools (one set of tools belonging to one carpenter) <br /> The carpenters' tools (several carpenters; several sets of tools) <br /> <br /> But NOT in possessive PRONOUNS, e.g.: <br /> its, his, hers, theirs, ours <br /> <br /> <br />2. Omission of one or more letter in abbreviations, e.g.: <br /> We're (we are) <br /> They're (they are) <br /> They've (they have) <br /> It's (it is)Apostropheshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Apostrophes/crzk/post.htmSun, 05 Oct 2003 00:29:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9921Guest2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Apostrophes/crzk/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-9921.xmlWhat are the rules for using apostrophes?