Using Apostrophes to show ownership
Common Contractions
Using Apostrophes in Contractions
Using Apostrophes with Letters, Numbers, and Time
Editing Writing
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Where should the apostrophe go?

Parents should know that childrens fevers can go higher than theirs

children's

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Could not

Couldn't

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Where should you insert an apostrophe to make a contraction?

Wholl be the one to put a stop to this drug use.

Who'll

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Next months schedule is less busy, so I think I'll be able to keep my blog current then.
month's
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Humans are'nt the only producers of methane; its also a by product of cow's digestion of their food.
Aren't; it's', cows'
200

Where should the apostrophe(s) go?

Some parents fears of fever are so intense that they suffer from "fever phobia and overreact to their childrens' symptoms.

parent's; children's

200
She would
She'd
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Youre the loser, Im the loser, and all the athletes are the losers.
You're; I'm
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Arthur's blog offers an entire winters worth of detail on his social life.
winter's
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Some of the first discussion's of global warming focused attention on one of the gases that contributes to the greenhouse effect: methane.
discussions
300
I have
I've
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Lets eliminate performance-enhancing drugs now.
Let's
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Katie's blog also gets confusing when she puts all of her 4s and 8s in Roman numerals.
4's; 8's
300
Like other greenhouse gases, methane helps to keep the earths' heat trapped in our atmosphere, and the temperature of the earth goes as a result.
Earth's
400
Who will
Who'll
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If we all are'nt ready to unite against drug use in sports, we might as well change the word athlete to actor

Aren't

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When Manny's computer was stolen, he lost notes for his blog and two year's work on his novel.
years'
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The amount of methane produced b cows' adds up to about 3 percent of the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by people. Getting a cow to change it's diet wo'nt solve the worlds warming problem.
Cows'; its; world's
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They have
They've
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Youve got to take a stand, Ive got to take a stand, and anyone who believes in fairness has got to take a stand
You've; I've
500
His blog is a little hard to read because he always leaves out certain letters, such as as, es, and os.
A's; E's; O's
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As scientists' have become more convinced that global warming is real and a potential threat to human's, our knowledge of the causes of the greenhouse effect has expanded. Cows arent completely off the hook, but theyre far less guilty of contributing to global warming than humans and cars are.
Scientists; humans; aren't;they're
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