Example of Uses of the Apostrophe in English (apostrophe)

The apostrophe (In Spanish apostrophe is a literary form, so you should avoid using this word in Spanish to refer to the sign spelling), called apostrophe in English, is a spelling sign similar to a single quotation mark (‘), and that has three functions major in English:

1. Possession. When a noun is used as a possessive pronoun or adjective, the apostrophe is used to indicate that the possessive is being used. When used with a singular word, the apostrophe and the letter "s" ('s) are written, even when the word ends with the letter s. When used with a plural word, only the apostrophe is added at the end of the word.

Examples of uses of the apostrophe in English (apostrophe) in nouns:

1. Robert’s
2. Cat’s
3. Cats ’
4. Soldier’s
5. Soldiers'
6. Book’s
7. Karla’s
8. Sisters'
9. Sister’s
10. Camera’s
11. Glasses’s
12. Glasses ’
13. Telephone’s
14. Telephones ’
15. Justice’s
16. Cassette’s
17. Words ’
18. Cow’s
19. Girls ’
20. Girl's
21. Eyes ’
22. Smith’s
23. Johnson’s
24. watches ’
25. Witch’s
26. witches'
27. Speaker’s
28. Granny’s
29. Family’s
30. Workers'
31. Memory’s

2. Contraction. Another function of the apostrophe is to indicate the omission of letters in a word or phrase, taking the place of the missing letter or letters. They are used a lot, especially with the verbs to be, to have, can, should, among others, especially in negative forms.

Examples of uses of the apostrophe in English (apostrophe) in contractions of words:

1. Don’t (do not)
2. Doesn’t (does not)
3. Can’t (can not)
4. Shouldn’t (should not)
5. ‘Cause (because)
6. Won’t (will not)
7. Wouldn’t (would not)
8. Lil '(little)
9. I’m (I am)
10. I’ll (I will)
11. I’ve (I have)
12. I’d (I would, I had)
13. You’re (you are)
14. You’ll (you will)
15. You’ve (you have)
16. You’d (you would, you had)
17. He’s (he is)
18. He ’d (he had, he would)
19. She she’s (she is)
20. She she ’d (she she had, she would)
21. It’s (it is)
22. It’d (it had, it would)
23. We’re (We are)
24. We’ll (we will)
25. We’ve (we have)
26. We’d (we have, we would)
27. They’re (They are)
28. They’ll (they will)
29. They’ve (They have)
30. They’d (They had, they would)

3. Plural of letters and acronyms. Finally, another function of the apostrophe is to indicate the plural when speaking of letters individually, as well as the use in acronyms (Words formed with the initials of the letters). It is also used to indicate the plural of numbers, or to indicate a period, usually a decade.

Examples of Uses of the apostrophe in English (apostrophe) in plural:

1. The b’s
2. The 1980’s
3. NGO’s
4. C’s
5. H’s
6. 5’s
7. 7's
8. AC’s
9. ECG's
10. EEG’s
11. FAQ’s
12. 1990’s
13. 1940’s
14. 1730’s
15. UFO’s
16. SMS’s
17. Z’s
18. Ace
19. X’s
20. P’s
21. PC's
22. USB’s
23. DVD’s
24. DVD-R’s
25. CDs
26. CD-R’s
27. NSAIDs
28. ROM’s
29. RAM’s
30. HTML’s