Quick Start Guide: How to Use an Apostrophe

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Welcome to the Learning Commons Quick Start Guide on how to master the use of Apostrophes!

While a small piece of punctuation, apostrophes have the power to shorten sentences and change the meaning of the ideas. This Guide will explain:

• What are apostrophes
• When to use apostrophes
• When not use apostrophes

This video introduces the main uses of apostrophes:

• Possessives (ownership or belonging)
• Contraction (omission of letters).
• Plurals

In this mini-course we explore this in more detail:

1. Possessives
2. Dates and Plurals of Lowercase Letters
3. Omission of Letters
4. Wrap-Up

Additional Resources

See the below list of handouts and links for additional support.

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