APÓSTROFOS (APOSTROPHE)

Em inglês, o apóstrofo (apostrophe) usa-se:

 

   1   em formas possessivas:

 

 This is John's house.

These are the boys' bicycles.

 

  2   em formas contraídas:

• verbos:
  I'll see you tomorrow.
  He doesn't like coffee.  
• datas: 
  John was born in '97.
  They met in the summer of '92.  
• horas: 
  See you at 7 o'clock.  
• dialectos   (por ex. h mudo): 
  When 'e arrived 'ome, 'is wife kissed 'im.

 

  3   em certos plurais:

• letras: 
  How many c's and m's are there in accommodation?   
• números: 
  Life was hard in the 1920's.
  The way you write, your 7's look like 1's.  
• palavras: 
  You have seven and's in this sentence. There are too many!  
• abreviaturas:
  John met two VIP's yesterday. (1)
  How many MP's do you know personally? (2)