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Missing or Misplaced Possessive Apostrophe
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"Rhetoric and Composition/Missing or Misplaced Apostrophe." - Wikibooks, Open Books for an Open World. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2013.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Rhetoric_and_Composition/Missing_or_misplaced_apostrophe
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/everyday_writer3e/20errors/9.html
Incorrect sentences
Practice Problems
1.My friends cat jumped down from the top of the drawer.
2.The dog threw it's toy down the stairs.
3. All of my sisters-in-laws' children are boys.
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- "Rhetoric and Composition/Missing or Misplaced Apostrophe." - Wikibooks, Open Books for an Open World. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2013.
3. All of my sisters-in-law's children are boys.
- "The Everyday Writer." The Everyday Writer. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2013.
1. My friend's cat jumped down from the top of the drawer
2. The dog threw its toy down the stairs.
1. The fan blew it's cord off the table.
2. Dean had two rabbits. When they were eating in the kitchen, the rabbit's carrot went under the refrigerator.
3.The womens dressing room was very large.
Apostrophes’ primary jobs are to form possessives and to stand in for missing letters in a contraction. Apostrophes are only very rarely used to form plurals.
You use possessive forms when you want to indicate ownership, or “belonging to.” Possessives are almost always formed by adding an apostrophe and an “s” to the end of a noun (a person, place, or thing). In contrast, plurals are usually formed by adding an “s” or “es” to the end of a noun without an apostrophe.
Common Mistakes
1. My friends cat jumped down from the top of the drawer.
2.The dog threw it's toy down the stairs.
3. All of my sisters-in-laws' children are boys