The most butchered punctuation mark in the English language. Apostrophes are used
1) to
indicate contractions,
2) to indicate possession (in some cases), and
3) VERY occasionally to denote a plural (where otherwise the meaning of the sentence would be unclear).
The use of an apostrophe in the contraction "it's", (which means "it is"), but not in "its", (which is a possessive) causes problems for many people who didn't pass third grade.
1) to
indicate contractions,
2) to indicate possession (in some cases), and
3) VERY occasionally to denote a plural (where otherwise the meaning of the sentence would be unclear).
The use of an apostrophe in the contraction "it's", (which means "it is"), but not in "its", (which is a possessive) causes problems for many people who didn't pass third grade.
Incorrect: Screw you moran's. Go USA.
Incorrect: Its raining cat's and dog's.
Incorrect: Here come's the train. Grab it's cargo.
Correct: Don't go in that room.
Correct: The cat's litter box is dirty.
Correct: Mind your p's and q's.
(the above is one of the ONLY CORRECT USES OF AN APOSTROPHE TO DENOTE A PLURAL. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IF YOU'RE UNSURE, JUST LEAVE THE APOSTROPHE OUT.)
Incorrect: Its raining cat's and dog's.
Incorrect: Here come's the train. Grab it's cargo.
Correct: Don't go in that room.
Correct: The cat's litter box is dirty.
Correct: Mind your p's and q's.
(the above is one of the ONLY CORRECT USES OF AN APOSTROPHE TO DENOTE A PLURAL. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IF YOU'RE UNSURE, JUST LEAVE THE APOSTROPHE OUT.)
by supaDISC February 24, 2005
Get the apostophemug. Person 1: I fucked your mom.
Person 2: Oh, Snap!
Person 3: GOD, you guys are such MORONS I hope you fucking DIE.
Person 2: Oh, Snap!
Person 3: GOD, you guys are such MORONS I hope you fucking DIE.
by supaDISC December 09, 2004
Get the oh snapmug. A simple tool included with Windows operating systems that allows the user to access Mozilla.com to download Firefox, a web browser.
by supaDISC May 13, 2005
Get the Internet Explorermug. The phenomenon where the section of shirt fabric between a woman's breasts becomes stretched taut, as evidenced by several prominent horizontal "stretch folds". It occurs only when the right combination of shirt tightness, breast firmess and breast size is met. Stretch action is often displayed prominently in over-the-top anime busts.
by supaDISC April 16, 2005
Get the stretch actionmug. Possibly the only mainstream hip hop group to have an obvious and unintended grammar error in a song title.
by supaDISC April 08, 2005
Get the so solid crewmug. That is one strike-a-pose queen of the harpies.
by supaDISC April 12, 2004
Get the strike-a-posemug. The hot new golf simulations from CrapTec that often shows up in misspelled google searches for "gulf war", whose titles eerily reflect the situations of the actual gulf wars.
by supaDISC March 19, 2005
Get the golf warmug.