Punctuation

This page will be developed further in the near future.

However, until that occurs, may I write a few words about our old friend the apostrophe? The apostrophe should not be used before the 's' when forming a plural. In other words, it should be "cars" NOT "car's".

The apostrophe is used to show possession and, in abbreviations, to indicate where letters have been left out:

The boy's exercise books were all lost. (the exercise books belong to the boy).
The boys' exercise books are in the class. (Where the apostrophe follows the 's', it shows that there is more than one boy. The books belong to the boys).
NB. When something belongs to 'it', there is NO apostrophe used in the possessive form e.g. The dog buried its bone.

The girl shouted out, "I didn't want to be here." Here the apostrophe shows that abbreviation has taken place.