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✍️ English 12 minLesson 4 of 50
Apostrophes & spelling traps
Possession, contraction and the words spellcheck gets wrong.
What you will learn
- An apostrophe before the s shows one owner: the dog’s bone.
- An apostrophe after the s shows plural owners: the dogs’ bowls.
- Its means belonging to it; it’s means it is.
When to use apostrophes - Laura McClure
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Question 1 of 2Which is correct?
