Do it for your grandma!

 

"There's a reason why it's called
a possessive apostrophe."

Sometimes an apostrophe is used to replace letters and join words. We are going to the beach can become we're going to the beach.* The words your and you're are often confused by imbeciles native English speakers. 'Your' is a possessive word - Is that your hat? 'You're' is actually the combination of two words - you and are. Let's (let us) talk about three words - too, to and two. Too means also. Can I come too? If I have the intention to visit the zoo, I'll say, "I'm going to the zoo." Two is a number - one bigger than one. One and one equals two. Then we have there, their and they're. They're - two words - they are. Their - possession. Their hats. There - over there.

How hard was that?

Now let's look at the possessive apostrophe.

That hat belongs to John. John's hat.

John with his hat.

We had a bookshop in Nuova Lazio that was called The Childrens' Bookshop.

THIS IS WRONG!

This is wrong because 'children' is already a plural word, like women or men. If the word is already plural, the apostrophe goes before the s - The Children's Bookshop. 

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There is one little exception out there:

The dog lost its bone.

Not the actual dog in question.

Since the bone 'belongs' to the dog, you'd expect - The dog lost it's bone - but it's also means it is. Hence the exception to the rule.

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There has been some shocking grammar going around the blogs - you'd think you were on Facebook!

Hence this little tutorial.

No need for thanks but please feel free to use our comments section to practise (verb). Practice (noun) may not make perfect, but it makes better.

* Obviously this present weather is not good 'going to the beach' weather, so stay home.