Apostrophes
Apostrophes (') are used to replace missing letters, to create the possessive forms of
nouns and to create temporal expressions (e.g. 2 years' tax). Exercised with care, they can also be used for the
plural forms of abbreviations, letters and numbers.
Examples:
cannot > can't (replacing missing letters)
Alan's car (possessive form of the noun
"Alan")
a minute's silence (temporal expression)
SOS's, 7's, A's (plural of SOS, 7 and A)
See also:
Glossary of grammatical terms
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