ALPHA BETTY'S PUNCTUATION GUIDE
About the article
This is a digitised version of an article from The Cayman Compass's print archive. Occasionally, the digitisation process introduces transcription errors, or other problems.
See the article in its original context from February 1983.
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An apostrophe hangs right there; You see it floating in the air.
This is the Mini Page's important tip, Use the apostrophe to show ownership!
To show possession when a singular (one) noun owns something, add an 's.
Example: a girl's dress
To show ownership for plural (more than one) nouns, add the ' after the Example: the girls' dresses To show ownership when a noun all by itself, without an s, means more than one, add the 's.
Example: the children's hats Contractions
A contraction is two words put together, Made shorter by leaving out a letter!
You use the up-in-the-air apostrophe, To show where the letter used to be!
11 cannot-can't doesnot-doesn't
donot-don't Look through this Mini Page and your regular newspaper for apostrophies.
