Sentences with phrase «apostrophe rule»

And if «they're / their / there» gives you trouble, you can get at least one of the three right by recalling the something - went - missing - so - you - need - an - apostrophe rule, noted above.

Should brush up on my apostrophe rules.

Not exact matches

English grammar rules, capitalization, punctuation, whom, whomever, whoever, writing numbers, apostrophe, and The Blue Book of Grammar.

It's no wonder that people are confused about apostrophes, because new uses were introduced in the 1600s and again in the 1700s, and it wasn't until the mid-1800s that people even tried to set down firm rules.

English grammar rules, capitalization, punctuation, whom, whomever, whoever, writing numbers, apostrophe, and The Blue Book of Grammar.

That guy specifically made a few minor spelling mistakes and one or two little grammar ticks (this is ignoring contractions since almost nobody online uses apostrophes in them), but unless you either actively write, are an English major, or just have a really good memory back from English class in school you're unlikely to even remember the rules that he broke.

The accepted rule is that you don't use an apostrophe to make a plural, but there are certain cases where it has become the go - to mark to get you out of a tricky spot, usually with a very small word ending in a vowel.

To help you combat tricky punctuation rules that could be tripping you up, we'll now look at some common stumbling blocks of punctuation: Colons, Apostrophes and Hyphens.

English grammar rules, capitalization, punctuation, whom, whomever, whoever, writing numbers, apostrophe, and The Blue Book of Grammar.

If you are not sure if you should use an apostrophe or not, take the extra time to look up punctuation rules.

English grammar rules, capitalization, punctuation, whom, whomever, whoever, writing numbers, apostrophe, and The Blue Book of Grammar.