How to Use Apostrophes Properly: The Definitive Guide | English Grammar & Punctuation Lesson

Learn how to use English punctuation and grammar correctly with this English lesson about apostrophes.
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Hi, Lucy! You are an awesome, beautiful teacher. Greetings from Indonesia. 🇲🇨 I'm Rezza, from Indonesia. I speak Indonesian or Bahasa because it is my mother tongue or first language. 🇲🇨 Using apostrophes in English is quite different with my first language, Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). 🇲🇨 Use of apostrophes according to Enhanced Spelling (ES = EYD) as follows: 1. As the removal of parts of the word. For example, a. Senja 'lah tiba. (Meaning: Twilight has come). 'lah means has/have. b. Ibu 'kan kukabari. (Meaning: I will tell my mother). 'kan means will/shall. c. Ayah 'lum juga kembali. (Meaning: Father has not come back yet). 'lum means not yet. 2. As the removal of the year. For instance, a. July 11 '66. ('66 means 1966) b. September '08. ('08 means 2008) c. Preamble of the Constitution '45. ('45 means 1945)

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Hi Lucy, thank you for the lesson ! In French, we use apostrophes to contract "le, la, les" (the) into "l'", "je" into "j'" (I), "si" into "s"" (if), "que" into "qu'" (that)... when they are followed by vowels :)

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Very good Lucy! In Italian we use a lot of apostrophes but not for the same situations you talk about. We use apostophres for the articles when the noun begins with a vocal, for example: l'arancia, l'orologio; or we use them in questions when the verb is "è", for example: quand'è nata? Or: dov'è andato?

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Really good video as always! In French we use the apostrophe when it's about names when they start with a vowel for example: animal in French is masculine, so normally we would use "le" but in this case it's different it would be "l'animal" because you can't have two vowels next to each other... or l'arbre: the tree. But "le chat": the cat 😊

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