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Grammatik auf Englisch - Der ApostrophSchlagwörter: Grammatik auf Englisch, Englisch Grammatik, Englische Grammatik, Englisch Grammar, Gramatik auf Englisch, Englisch Gramatik, Englische Gramatik, Englisch Grammar, Apostroph Englisch, Englischer Apostroph Apostrophes are those little comma-shaped curvy lines that you see hanging from the tops of letters. In English, the apostrophe is used for three purposes:
Indicating possession To create the possessive in German you'd say the desk of the secretary or the menu of today, for example. This would be written using von or using the genitive -s ending (without an apostrophe!). You could express these concepts the same way in English as well, but they would sound strange because English speakers are used to hearing and reading possessive expressions formed with apostrophes: the secretary's desk, today's menu. Unfortunately, the placement of the apostrophe isn't as straightforward as one may think, which is why so many people - including native speakers - often get it wrong. Here are the rules: Possession by one owner The possessive singular is formed by adding an apostrophe and the letter s to the owner: the customer's service contract the manager's expense account someone's mobile phone in everyone's best interests the VIP's hotel room the curve on the 3's top Possession by multiple owners Add an apostrophe and an s to plural nouns that do not end in -s: women's rights movement men's room To plural nouns ending in -s, add only an apostrophe: customers' feedback our printers' maintenance requirements Joint or separate possession Add an apostrophe and an s to compound phrases showing simultaneous possession, and decide if one apostrophe is needed for all owners or if each owner requires a separate apostrophe: Robert and Matthew's offices (a shared group of offices) Robert's and Matthew's offices (each has his own group of offices) Compound expressions used as a single noun the manager-in-charge's name the editor-in-chief's workload Note that the plural ending of such compound expressions is applied to the noun: managers-in-charge, editors-in-chief The possessive of compound plurals, however, is usually formed with of for better sound: the names of the editors-in-chief the names of the managers-in-charge Possessive pronouns An apostrophe is not used with possessive pronouns: his, hers, its, ours, theirs, yours. Examples: His car is parked outside. The responsibility is hers. Forming contractions Apostrophes are also used to mark the absence of letters in contractions: (of the clock ) = o'clock he will = he'll, he will not = he won't I will = I'll, I will not = I won't he is = he's, he is not = he's not or he isn't I am = I'm, I am not = I'm not do not = don't, are not = aren't we are = we're they are = they're she did not = she didn't 2005 = '05 Except for o'clock, contractions are never used in formal writing. Forming plurals Apostrophes are not used to form the plurals of letters, numbers, abbreviations and words referred to as words (but in American English, they are!). Single quotes may be needed, however, when the result would otherwise look like another word: Jonathan uses too many 'I's when he writes his e-mail, and he forgets to dot his 'i's when he writes letters. The VIPs arrived at the meeting facility 20 minutes early. Martha's 3s often look like 8s. Barry knows the ins and outs of sales. the 1960s, back in the 80s, in the early 2000s Schlagwörter: Grammatik auf Englisch, Englisch Grammatik, Englische Grammatik, Englisch Grammar, Gramatik auf Englisch, Englisch Gramatik, Englische Gramatik, Englisch Grammar, Apostroph Englisch, Englischer Apostroph 
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