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TEAS English & Language UsagePossession and contraction only

ApostrophesATI TEAS 7 cheat sheet

Possession and contraction only

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Possession

  • Singular noun: 's (the nurse's chart)
  • Plural ending in -s: ' only (the nurses' lounge)
  • Irregular plural: 's (the children's ward)

Contractions

  • The apostrophe marks the missing letters
  • do not → don't · it is → it's

The Big Trap

  • Its = possessive. It's = it is.
  • Your/you're, their/they're, whose/who's follow the same split

Never

  • Do not use an apostrophe to make a word plural — 'the 1990s', 'two charts'
Key takeaway

Possession and contraction only

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