apostrophe error
Misplaced contraction mark
An apostrophe error is a mistake in the use of the apostrophe mark, typically involving possessives or contractions.
Common errors include confusing *it's* (it is) with *its* (possessive), adding apostrophes to ordinary plurals *apple's for sale*, or misplacing them in possessives *the dog's toy* versus *the dogs' toy*.
Such errors are frequent targets of correction by grammar pedants.
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- itsNeuter possessive pronoun
- it'sContraction of "it is"
- possessiveOverly attached, often toxically
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