Punctuation and Grammer
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- Punctuation and Grammer
- Possessive Apostrophe
- if the owner is singular = _'s
- Examples
- George's speech
- Horsham's residents
- the boys' classroom
- Today's society
- if the owner is plural = _s'
- time = a year's time three months' time
- The omission apostrophe : I'm
- There - over there, there is/are Their - belonging to them They're - they are
- It's - it is, it has Its - belonging to it (the cars has lost its wheel)
- That's - that is
- Possessive Apostrophe
- A colon will often introduce a list and provides a break between the main points and its detail
- E.g. When I was in the attic I found all sorts of memories: old pictures, photographs and old school books
- A semi-colon will often balance ideas
- E.g. In summer I play tennis; in winter I play badminton
- A semi-colon is also used to separate longer phrases in a list.
- E.g. The orchestra was tremendous; the horns played with great verve; the strings brought out the tune; and the percussion added great drama
- Possessive Apostrophe
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