Apostrophe Usage Made Simple
Download eBooks and Software
 Home Made Energy - Watch This New Product Shoot To #1!
Home-Made Renewable Solar And Wind Energy Site That Pays Out $31.85 Commission! $20 Of Ads Will Bring You Over $100 Of Sales! Genuine 1:15-30 Conversions! Earn $70.5 With Back-End Sale. Affiliates Go To: Http://www.homemadeenergy.org/aff.
Get Google Ads Free! :: New Secret!! :: Newbie Affiliate Made $109,620.
In Just 1st 60 Days! :: Proof Of How Powerful At Affiliate Page! :: Makes $40-$67 Per Sale! ::*$1000-$3000 Affiliate Bonuses* :: Contains *Magic Code* When Added To Any Site Makes Google Pay-Per-Click Ads Costs Go To Zero! :: See CB Ad At Right For Proof!
Mp3 Download Support. See www.platinumpartner.com For 50+ Sites.
Simple, We Help You Make More Money. Mp3 Movies Tv Shows.
Forget Learning It. Just Copy My Campaigns :: * New $151.20/Sale *
New 2009 Converter Pays Up To $151.20 Per Sale. Raw Campaigns, Free Tools, And Fanatical 1-on-1 Support. Our Top Affiliate Made $35,896 In 24 Hours. 60% Share Converting At 1:6 For Top Affiliates :: Http://copynprofit.com/resources.html.
The Simple Golf Swing - 75% Commission - 2.34% Conversion.
EBook For A Repeatable And Simple Golf Swing That Provides Power, Accuracy And Consistency. 2 Free Templates For Your Websites. Affiliate Toolbox. Professional Copy. Multiple Follow Up Email System Converts 12% That Sign Up. $31.75 - 35.00 Per Sale.
Articles Index >> Writing
Apostrophe Usage Made Simple
by Michael LaRocca
APOSTROPHE USAGE MADE SIMPLE
Copyright 2005, Michael LaRocca According to one of my previous articles, whenever a Southerner
says "Y'all watch this," get out of the way because those are
probably the last words he will ever say. Well, I'm a Southerner. I used to live in the southeastern
United States, but I moved to the southeast of China. And, I'm
about to say the magic words: Y'all watch this. The word is "week." If I want to talk about more than one week,
like what I wrote a few weeks ago, I'll use weeks. No apostrophe.
If I want to talk about something belonging to a week, such as
"last week's newsletter," I'll use an apostrophe. That's the rule. If it's a noun, s makes it plural and
apostrophe-s makes it possessive. It's just that simple. If I were still in the US, and I wanted one of those fancy
carved signs that are so common on southern lawns, it would not
read "The LaRocca's." The LaRocca's what? His lawn? His sign?
That apostrophe makes it singular possessive, so The LaRocca
(one person) is surely claiming ownership of something. If that
wasn't his intent, and he whacked in an apostrophe anyway, he's
an idiot. What about plural possessive? Is it "the LaRoccas' house" or
"the LaRoccas's house?" Well, it's neither, since my wife isn't
a LaRocca and we don't own a house. But for the sake of this
article, pretend she is and we do.
In ON WRITING, Stephen King swears it's LaRoccas's. When I was a
student, my teachers swore it was LaRoccas'. As an editor, I've
heard the first was US standard and the second was UK standard.
And the answer is, I don't care. Just be consistent.I once met an editor who said that the spelling determines
pronunciation. She's an idiot. Spelling isn't all pronunciation.
It's also history. I'll say LaRoccas-zz whether it's LaRoccas' or
LaRoccas's. So will you. Jump up five paragraphs and read the seventh word. Noun. Note
that I didn't write pronoun. Just for fun, the rule for pronouns
and apostrophes is completely different. It's is a contraction for "it is" and its is possessive. Who's
is a contraction for "who is" and whose is possessive. There's
is a contraction for "there is" and theirs is possessive. Etc.
Possessive pronouns never use apostrophes. Its, whose, your,
yours, their, theirs... And there you have it. Apostrophe usage made simple. About the Author
Michael LaRocca's website at http://www.chinarice.org was
chosen by WRITER'S DIGEST as one of The 101 Best Websites
For Writers in 2001 and 2002. His response was to throw it
out and start over again because he's insane. He teaches
English at a university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province,
China, and publishes the free weekly newsletter WHO MOVED
MY RICE?
News on Internet Marketing
Some Links and SEO Tips for beginner
Welcome to the second part of a two-part article that strives to give an overview of search engine optimization for beginners for help visit www.greatseosecrets.com. In the previous article, we explai... Successful Internet Marketing SEO Tools and Online Business strategy
It is not a surprise that search engines are suggested to be the main traffic and sales generators in web. Together with product or services demand, customer service, website design and functionality ...
|
