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An Apostrophe ( ' ) is used to show possession, to form plurals, or to show that one or more letters have been omitted from a word.
Contractions (one or more letters have been omitted): don't (do not), he'd (he would)
In place of omitted letters or numbers: I graduated in the class of '05 (I graduated in the class of 2005).
To make plurals out of letters, signs or a word discussed as a word: (K's, 7's)
Expression of amounts and time: Yesterday's rain cost the farmer an entire day's work.
Possessive compound nouns: It is her brother-in-law's hammer.
Possessive indefinite pronouns: nobody's, somebody's, anybody's
Common singular possessives (add an 's): The is Bill's baseball.
Possessives ending in "s" sound (add an '): That is James' baseball.
   - When word is just one syllable and ends with a "s" sound then add an 's: The boss's computer.
Shared possession - add an 's to the last noun: That is Bill, Jane and Jim's house.
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