A quick guide to apostrophes:
- Plurals don't need apostrophes. (ie. He took his dog's for a walk would be wrong. He should take his dogs for a walk instead.)
- Apostrophes go anywhere you take out a letter. (ie. In don't the apostrophe is there instead of the o in do not.)
- If something belongs to someone, then it should have an apostrophe. (ie. He dropped his dog's lead and the mutt ran away.)
- You can end a word with an apostrophe if it's got a letter missing or it's a plural possessive! (ie. Jesus' disciples, because it's very confusing to say Jesus's, or he dropped the dogs' leads and they all ran away.)
Apostrophe catastrophes really irritate me. I have no idea why people like to put them in everywhere! And yes, I have corrected signs I've seen out and about. *grumble*
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