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Whose car alarm keeps going off? It is his alarm.Use Whose to show possession: his, hers, theirs, yours, ours, its. My car needs to have its brakes checked.Use its to show possession: his, hers, theirs, yours, ours, its. It’s is the contraction for it is or it has. Do not confuse contractions with similar sounding words. Note: If you are using the years in a century as an adjective, the apostrophe for possession is appropriate, but the rule for possession with plurals ending in s is applied: the 1960s’ Civil Rights Movement. No Apostrophe for Plurals of Nouns Incorrectĭo not use apostrophes to form the plural of an abbreviation or number.

Do not use an apostrophe to make a noun plural (more than one). There are some uses of the apostrophe which can be troublesome and confusing.

The students were happy with the number of A’s in the class.

Use an apostrophe to form the plural of letters used as letters.

The house belongs to the Joneses- the Joneses ‘ house.

The coat belongs to the girls – the girls ‘ coats.

Plural nouns ending in an s: add only an apostrophe to show possession.

The department for children – children ‘s department.

The safer option is to keep the possessive s when a singular noun happens to end in an s.) Plural nouns that do not end in an s: add ’s. However, in some contexts dropping the possessive s when the word in singular would be considered wrong. (Note: Some instructors say you may drop the possessive s when a singular word happens to end in an s.

The car belongs to Bill Jones – Bill Jones ‘s house.

The car belonging to Charles – Charles ‘s car.This is true even when the singular form ends in s.The shoes belonging to Kelly – Kelly ‘s shoes.The coat belonging to the girl – the girl ‘s coat.Possession Singular nouns: To show possession, we add ' s We put an apostrophe in the place of the missing letter(s): ContractionsĪ contraction is used when two words are joined, leaving out one or two letters. An apostrophe is also used to form the plural of letters used as letters. Apostrophes are used to show omissions in contractions and for possession.