Apostrophize (Verb)
Meaning
Use an apostrophe.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- When writing the contraction "it's," remember to apostrophize correctly to avoid confusion with the possessive form "its."
- The teacher carefully instructed her students on how to apostrophize singular nouns to form possessive nouns.
- If you are a skilled artist, however, you will know when to apostrophize or leave a word as is in creative titles.
- Apostrophize the noun "cat" correctly if you are forming the plural possessive form, as in "the cats' toys."
- A quick trick to know how to apostrophize "who's" versus "whos" is to replace the word with "who is" and see if it makes sense.