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Apostrophe Use an apostrophe to indicate: - The possessive case of singular and plural nouns, indefinite pronouns, and proper nouns:
| my sister's son | somebody's lunch | | my two sisters' sons | Charles's house | | the children's toys | the Rosses' friends |
- The plural of letters, numbers, symbols, and words used as such:
| too many thus's | ten 5's in a row | | spelled with two e's | delete some &'s |
- Missing letters in contractions and missing numbers in dates:
| I'm (I am) | class of '95 | | ma'am (madam) | winter of '97–'98 |
See also: Apostrophes
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