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Avoiding Apostrophe Confusion In writing p ossessi ves express relationshi ps and not necessarily ownership Of course possession or ownership is also signified but possessives are much more th. Capitalize mom, dad, grandpa, aunt, etc. only in a direct address or if it’s used as a title.. Dad, Grandma Hepler likes it, but my mom and my Aunt Sally do not.. Capitalize only courses with numbers or that are languages.. Pratibha Bhattacharya. Department of Linguistics. University of Delhi. Delhi. * Delhi English . Acknowledgements. This study is part of my ongoing research work as an . M.Phil. student in the Department of Linguistics, Delhi University. . From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #89. A gerund is the . –. ing. form of a verb and is used a noun.. Winning the lottery surprised them.. Like nouns, gerunds are modified by possessive forms of nouns and pronouns.. Plural NounsJust because a plural noun ends in doesn’t mean it needs an apostrophe. Use the apostrophe only for a possessive noun.Here are some EXCEPTION There are none!The exception rule shown u From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #89. A gerund is the . –. ing. form of a verb and is used a noun.. Winning the lottery surprised them.. Like nouns, gerunds are modified by possessive forms of nouns and pronouns.. Knowing How to use the apostrophe + S. Possessive Nouns--Singular. A possessive noun is a noun that names who or what has something…hence the word . possessive. …. Most singular nouns require an ’s to show possession.. Pratibha Bhattacharya. Department of Linguistics. University of Delhi. Delhi. * Delhi English . Acknowledgements. This study is part of my ongoing research work as an . M.Phil. student in the Department of Linguistics, Delhi University. . Apostrophes – Three Uses. The apostrophe has three uses. :. To form possessives of nouns. To show the omission of letters. To indicate certain plurals of lowercase letters. Forming Possessives of Nouns. A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed to say that an item or idea belongs to someone else.. Example:. . The musket that belongs to Pa. was lost.. . Pa’s musket. was lost.. Please take 5-10 minutes to write a well developed paragraph in response to one of the following quotes. Include your reactions/personal thoughts and an example based on your life experience.. Quote 1: “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he comes your partner.” –Nelson Mandela. AFTER. the noun instead of before.. Normally you used . mi(s), . tu. (s), . su. (s), y . nuestro. (as). in front of a noun.. Example: . mis. amigos, . tu. . libro. , . su. casa, . nuestro. . amario.