Redfrog
Hunting nekkid since VU 9.0
- Joined
- Nov 11, 2006
- Posts
- 3,005
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
- Society
- Pyrates of Calypso
- Avatar Name
- Molly 'Red' MacGuire
Yes, that's me, with a little bit of information about one of my pet hates
A lot of native English speakers still get this one wrong.
The Apostrophe.
' or `, it has two functions:
Possession:
e.g. - Star's ModFAP, MA's policies, Minken's Tango. It shows that the noun following the person or object named is owned by that person.
Missing Letter(s)
e.g. - can't (can not), should've (should have), I'd've (I would have - technically correct but rarely used), he's (he is/has).
The only time that these usages conflict is in the case of it's/its, since it could refer to either. It was therefore decided that "it's" means "it is/has" and "its" shows possession.
E.g.
"What is that black armour and what is that black outline of it on the ground?"
"It's Shadow and its shadow."
Thank you for reading and please, feel free to educate me in return
A lot of native English speakers still get this one wrong.
The Apostrophe.
' or `, it has two functions:
- to indicate possession
- to show where one or more letters are missing
Possession:
e.g. - Star's ModFAP, MA's policies, Minken's Tango. It shows that the noun following the person or object named is owned by that person.
Missing Letter(s)
e.g. - can't (can not), should've (should have), I'd've (I would have - technically correct but rarely used), he's (he is/has).
The only time that these usages conflict is in the case of it's/its, since it could refer to either. It was therefore decided that "it's" means "it is/has" and "its" shows possession.
E.g.
"What is that black armour and what is that black outline of it on the ground?"
"It's Shadow and its shadow."
Thank you for reading and please, feel free to educate me in return