Key learning points

1. An apostrophe is an important piece of punctuation.
2. An apostrophe has more than one purpose.
3. An apostrophe can show if a noun belongs to another singular noun.
4. Apostrophes for singular possession are useful to make our writing clear.
5. An apostrophe sits at the same height as the ascender of a letter.

Keywords

• Apostrophe for possession (s) - a punctuation mark used to show if a noun belongs to another singular noun

• Singular - only one

• Belong - being the property of

• Possession - the state of owning something

• Ascender - the upwards part of a lower case letter

Common misconception