English - Punctuation - Apostrophes - contractions and possessives - Two Jobs of Apostrophes
5 steps: (1) Apostrophes have TWO jobs: CONTRACTIONS and POSSESSIVES. (2) CONTRACTIONS: apostrophe replaces missing letters: 'do not → don't' (apostrophe replaces the 'o'). 'I am → I'm' (replaces the 'a'). (3) POSSESSIVES (singular): add 's to show ownership: 'The dog's bone.' = the bone belonging t