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80Grammar Mishaps: It's vs. Its and Your vs. You're
In the 16th century the apostrophe was used solely as a means to omit letters. Apostrophe in Greek means "to turn away". In the 17th century it took on new meanings. (See my hub on the other common misuse of...
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74How to Use the Apostrophe: Elvis' Pelvis: The Much Abused Apostrophe--How and When to Use It
Punctuation mistakes and how to avoid them. Grammar mistakes and how to avoid them. Apostrophe S. How to use the apostrophe correctly. Elvis' pelvis' gyrations' effects:(with supporting Elvis Live video).
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73Spastic semi colon and market trader's apostrophe: two curable grammatical diseases
A reader-friendly guide to the correct use of semi colons and apostrophes
2 comments64The Apostrophe: Possessives
Examples: The girl's hat. (The hat belongs to the girl.) The clown's enormous red shoes slapped the floor. (The shoes belong to the clown.) The dog's tail wagged rapidly when we arrived home. (The tail...
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61English 101: Helpful Tips
Writing is a powerful way of communicating, and I hope these tips are helpful and will increase your readership and writing success! Common spelling struggles include the following: choose or chose; hear or here; loose or lose; their, there or they're; to, too or two...
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77Figures of Speech
There are two general divisions of languages--- literal language and figurative language. Literal language uses words in their exact and narrow meaning. Science uses literal language. Literature,...
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64THE APOSTROPHE: IT’S IMPORTANT!
Contractions vs. Possessive The rule for “its” and “it’s” is really very simple. The apostrophe is used only when the word is a contraction. In other words, onlywhen the meaning is “it is”...
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69Dealing with Possessive Plural Case
Dealing with Possessive Plural Case Normally, dealing with the possessive plural is not a problem for me. However, while writing a recent paper, I stopped the review the rules for using apostrophes. The...
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68Answers to the tests in Spastic semi colon and market trader's apostrophe: two curable grammatical diseases
Question 1 The cat licked its paws and looked expectantly up at her. "You're not going out again", Anne said. It's raining and besides, I'm going out myself to get food for the children's dinner in a...
56Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Panda Punctuation Book
When I started reading Lynne Truss’s book “Eats, Shoots and Leaves,” I was excited about the information she promised to deliver. Finally, I would understand the use of the comma, my punctuation...
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