ENG 101 Lecture 2: More Grammar Practice - Apostrophes and S/V Agreement
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Use a hyphen if part of a word must be carried over from one line to the next. Use hyphens in compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine. Use a hyphen between words that function as a compound adjective before a noun. Use apostrophes to form the possessive forms of nouns. To form the possessive of an indefinite pronoun, use an apostrophe and s. Use an apostrophe and s to form the plural of a letter, a numeral, or a word referred to as a word. Use an apostrophe to show the omission of numerals in a date. Use an apostrophe in a contraction ex. shouldn"t. Use dashes to signal an abrupt change of thought or set off an idea that breaks into the flow of a sentence. Use a dash after a series to indicate that a summary statement follows. Use parentheses to set off material that is loosely related to the sentence or paragraph in which it occurs.
