Apostrophe mark - English Language Punctuation - class-IX

Apostrophe is used before 's' to indicate possession of singular subject. Apostrophe is used after 's' to indicate possession of plural subject that end in 's' (E.g., cats - cats'). Here, the subject 'Charles' is singular. However, there are two ways in which possession is indicated for nouns ending in 's': adding an apostrophe at the end alone and adding 's at the end of the noun. Therefore, the correct options are: Charles' daughter as well as Charles's daughter. You may think only one of them is right, however, both are acceptable in modern-day English, but the apostrophe after the 's' is more commonly used in case of plural nouns.

Apostrophe is used to indicate belonging. Apostrophe is used before 's' with singular nouns and after 's' with plural nouns. The given sentence mentions two boys, therefore the apostrophe is placed incorrectly. It should be placed after 's' in 'boys' to show that the rucksacks belong to both the boys. Therefore, the correct option is: A) There are two boys. The sentence should read "boys' rucksacks". 

Apostrophe can be used to show that a letter or letter(s) is missing from a word. It is used to denote possession and other kind of relationship. Thus, option A is correct. 

The correct answer is Option A.

Out of the four options, option D is correct. Possessive pronouns are those pronouns which show possession or ownership in a sentence. Apostrophe can be used to show that a letter or letter(s) is missing from a word. In the given sentence, apostrophe replaces the letter 'i', and the two words (Your and Is) are joined to make one. The given sentence shows possession. Thus, 'Yours' is the correct answer. 

The men's names are David and Samuel .

The Genitive case is a grammatical case for nouns and pronouns. It is used to show possession, but it can also show source of thing or characteristic of something. Unlike Possessive case, which is only related to ownership.

The Genitive case is a grammatical case for nouns and pronouns. It is used to show possession, but it can also show source of thing or characteristic of something. Unlike Possessive case, which is only related to ownership.

Apostrophe is used to indicate belonging. Here, apostrophe is used with 'door' and 'window' but there is nothing mentioned which belongs to the doors and windows. Therefore, the correct option is: C) The 'doors' and 'windows' do not need an apostrophe. 

Apostrophe is used to indicate possession. Apostrophe is used before 's' with singular nouns and after 's' with plural nouns. 
Option A: 'Wife' is a singular noun and 'cooking' is that of the 'wife', therefore 'wife's cooking' is correctly punctuated. 
Option B: 'Island' is marked with apostrophe followed by 's', but there is nothing mentioned that belongs to the island, therefore the use of apostrophe is not appropriate here. 
Option C: 'House' is marked with apostrophe followed by 's' but there is nothing mentioned that belongs to the house, therefore the use of apostrophe is not appropriate here either. 
Option D: 'Boys' is a plural noun and 'friendship' belongs to the two boys. Therefore, apostrophe is used appropriately here, ie. boys' friendship. 

Apostrophe is used to indicate possession. Apostrophe is used before 's' with singular nouns and after 's' with plural nouns. Here, 'team' is a singular (collective) noun and 'manager' belongs to the team, therefore the proper use of apostrophe is 'team's manager'. Similarly, 'manager' is also singular and 'attitude' belongs to 'manager', therefore the proper usage of apostrophe will be manager's attitude. 'Players' is a plural noun and 'performance' is that of the players, therefore apostrophe will be used after the 's' in players and the punctuated form will be players' performance. Therefore, the correct option is: B) The team's manager's attitude was affecting all the players' performance.

Apostrophe is used to indicate possession. Apostrophe is used before 's' with singular nouns and after 's' with plural nouns. Here, 'buildings' is a plural noun and doors and windows belong to the buildings. Therefore, the correct use of apostrophe is: C) The two buildings' doors and windows were damaged in the blast. 

Apostrophe is used to indicate belonging. 'Its' is used to indicate possessiveness. 'It's' is the abbreviation of 'It is'. Here, apostrophe is not needed with 'It' because 'Its' is used to indicate possession and not an abbreviation. Therefore, the correct option is: B) 'It's' should not have an apostrophe as it's possessive. 

Apostrophe can be used to show that a letter or letter(s) is missing from a word. In the given sentence, apostrophe replaces the letter 'i', and the two words (There and Is) are joined to make one. Thus, the given sentence is grammatically correct. No change is required in it. Hence, D is the right option. 

Apostrophe can be used to show that a letter or letter(s) is missing from a word. In the given sentence, apostrophe replaces the letter 'i', and the two words (It and Is) are joined to make one. Thus, option A is correct answer.

Apostrophe can be used to show that a letter or letter(s) is missing from a word. It can be used to omit the letter or letter(s).  In the given sentence, 'dont' used is not correct. Here, apostrophe should be used to replace the letter 'o', and the two words (do and not) can be joined to make one word i.e don't. Thus, option C is correct. 

Apostrophe can be used to show that a letter or letter(s) is missing from a word. It can be used to omit the letter or letter(s).  In the given sentence, apostrophe replaces the letters 'n' and 'o', and the two words (can and not) are joined to make one. Thus, the given sentence is grammatically correct. No change is required in it. Hence, D is the right option. 

Apostrophe can be used to show that a letter or letter(s) is missing from a word. It can be used to omit the letter or letter(s).  In the given sentence, 'wouldnt' used is not correct. Here, apostrophe should be used to replace the letter 'o', and the two words (would and not) can be joined to make one word i.e wouldn't. Thus, option B is correct. 

The words 'mind one's P's and Q's' is an expression that means 'mind one's manners' or 'mind one's language'.
"P's and Q's" (or Ps and Qs) originally means 'pints and quarts'. These letters refer to plural words, and hence they are followed by apostrophes. However, many people leave out the apostrophe and let the 's' remain. But, it is preferred to keep the apostrophe '.
Option B: This option is correct because the apostrophes have been sufficiently placed, at "P's and Q's" and "husband's".  The apostrophe for husband denotes possession 'the mother of her husband'.
Option A is incorrect because the apostrophe ' after 'husbands' is missing.
Option C is incorrect because the apostrophe has been placed after 's'; it has changed 'husbands' to a plural noun, meaning that she has more than one husband. But, (even if that's the case), there's only one mother in question. Hence the sentence is ambiguous in meaning.
Option D is incorrect because the sentence requires change, at 'Ps and Qs' and 'husbands'.

The phrase 'It's' is a contraction of 'It is', which is grammatically required to introduce the statement 'given in the question'. 'Its' is a possessive pronoun, and 'There' or 'It' alone would not form a complete, grammatically correct clause in this context.

The original sentence is correct. The plural of a decade is written as '1920s' without an apostrophe, and possessives for names like 'Armstrong's' require an apostrophe.

Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es (in the given sentence - teachers). According to general rule, an apostrophe after the s is used to indicate the plural possession of such regular nouns.
However, the possession of singular nouns require an apostrophe followed by s (here, year).
Thus, according to rules, the correct answer is Option D. The remaining options are incorrect.