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Davidbendtner Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

When and where to use 's ?

Hi Guy's

Please sort out my this problem,i dont know when and where to use the 'S and when not to use.

What's the logic behind this?

Thanks:
DavidEmotion: smile
  

Top answer

There are two main uses: 1. As a contraction of "is" or "has". For example: "It's raining" = "It is raining"; "The train's arrived" = "The train has arrived".

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There are two main uses:

1. As a contraction of "is" or "has". For example: "It's raining" = "It is raining"; "The train's arrived" = "The train has arrived".

2. To mark a possessive. For example: "Bob's car" = The car belonging to Bob. (By convention, some possessive pronouns, such as "its" meaning "belonging to it", do not have an apostrophe, even though it might seem as if th