Using the Apostrophe
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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
| Brackets & Parentheses | Punctuation | Quotation Marks |
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