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deird_lj ([personal profile] deird_lj) wrote2009-12-16 01:20 pm
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Quick Lesson:

A NOUN that owns something...
...uses an apostrophe.

Such as:
- the dog's bone
- the house's chimney
- the newspaper's typeface

The same holds true for proper nouns:
- Megan's cup
- Tom's ears

And for abstract nouns:
- love's desire
- envy's true nature


A PRONOUN that owns something...
...doesn't use an apostrophe.

Such as:
- his hands
- her passion for music
- its colour
- whose book?


If a PRONOUN has an apostrophe...
...it's a contraction.

It's means "it is". Who's means "who is".

PLEASE LEARN THIS. IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY.
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[personal profile] deird1 2009-12-16 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
anyone who has been educated in an English-speaking country has been taught to remember it.

That kinda depends on how good your local schools are...