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Note the spelling: apostrophe. Don't forget to capitalize names. Eric's car The word its is an exception. There's no apostrophe when it is used to show possession. The monster dropped its toy. The reason is that it's is already taken. It means "it is" or "it has". It's the monster...

Hello, you have quite a lot of spelling errors/typos so check through carefully. You are also putting in apostrophes in the wrong place - in verbs (for example greet's). Verbs never have an apostrophe. Go through it and sort out those errors then post again for more help with the grammar.

Anonymous wrote:My little sister asked me about this, and I wasn't quite sure of the answer.They want a sign for their house. Which is the proper spelling?The PedersonsorThe Pederson'sI'm thinking with the apostrophe, but that's why I'm here!DaveThe first one without apostrophe.

My little sister asked me about this, and I wasn't quite sure of the answer.They want a sign for their house. Which is the proper spelling?The PedersonsorThe Pederson'sI'm thinking with the apostrophe, but that's why I'm here!Dave

Anonymous wrote: what's the rule in english grammar for forming the possessive of a singular noun that ends in s? When I was in high school, I was taught to add only an apostrophe and not an "s". Only later did I discover that both forms are possible. Read: " To make the possessive form of...

They have the same meaning, thus they're interchangeable. Here is the fully 'story': The status of ’til versus until and till is often argued about and most style guides have something to say on the matter. The most common belief is that till is a shortened form of until. You can see how this...

Duifje wrote: Hmm I want to add a signature to my emails stating the reason I don't use capital letters, apostrophes or proper punctuation. I prefer to write properly but sometimes I don't have the time to type as I should. How can I put it? I can't come up with anything that sounds...

Hmm I want to add a signature to my emails stating the reason I don't use capital letters, apostrophes or proper punctuation. I prefer to write properly but sometimes I don't have the time to type as I should. How can I put it? I can't come up with anything that sounds convincing... ie...

wow! all of these comments have totally opened up new doors in my mind, especially the last one about singapore... i knew many people all over the world spoke english as a means to communicate amongst travelers, but i had no idea the language was so prominant in so many places! as if i didnt...

Existing data has revealed... results due to the fact that the studies focused on.... or results for the reason that the studies focused on or results because the studies focused on note spelling of focused. studies should have the possesive apostrophe here: studies' results... 'across...