An apostrophe for contraction is used when words are shortened. Most of the time, this happens when two words are joined together, and the apostrophe shows where letters have been left out. For ...

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Possessive apostrophes show who or what owns something. The apostrophe goes in a different place depending on whether the owner is singular (one) or plural (more than one). Be careful with the word ...

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