You know what’s become a modern-day epidemic? Bad grammar.
Today’s blog post will focus on the confusing apostrophe.
When to use it?
Possession: When we are trying to indicate something belongs to someone, we need to use the apostrophe followed by the letter s.
Examples:
Those are Bonnie’s shoes.
Please don’t move my cat’s pillow.
Note: The possession rule with pronouns followed by a noun is different. They are:
Examples:
I’ll try my best to explain this to you. I’ll = I will
I didn’t know that. Didn’t = did not.
Possession vs. Plural: Use the apostrophe when indicating the possessive. Do not use the apostrophe when indicating only the plural.
Examples:
Kids really love trick-or-treating on Halloween. (Plural)
Someone stole that kid’s bike. (Possession)
I love cuddling my cats. (Plural)
My cats’ purring really calms me down. (Plural and possessive)
Shout out to Dave, one of my followers, for the idea.
https://www.wizcase.com/blog/how-good-grammar-saves-lives-and-other-reasons-its-still-important/