Quick Lesson:
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deird_ljA 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.
...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".
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Date: 2009-12-17 12:31 am (UTC)Whenever I see them, I feel like I should correct them, and then forget about it. Most of my fics have typos in them somewhere, but I haven't bothered to go back and check all of them...