How to pronounce “apostrophe”(noun) in English

apostrophes to make things plural.

But you added the apostrophe, n, t.

Male Audience Member #9: Is an apostrophe wrong?

an it, you would use an APOSTROPHE-S. Only nouns take an APOSTROPHE-S to become possessive.

You could say 'Levis'' with just an apostrophe or you could say 'Levi's' with an apostrophe-s. It's a style choice.

but in last week's Grammar Girl transcript, there was an I-T apostrophe S where there should not have been an apostrophe.

>>Male Audience Member #9: I was wearing Levis and an apostrophe might look >>Mignon Fogarty: Yes.

It's not common to see someone use an apostrophe after something like 'Levis' to make it plural.

It used to be more common, commonly acceptable to use an apostrophe to make something like that plural. So the New York Times used an apostrophe

the message boards under my own name and I said "Then why do they all have V's and Z's and apostrophes in their name" Sony didn't appreciate that, but, so, you

Put apostrophes when you need 'em and otherwise just delete 'em.

for in your writing because it's so easy to make because you have that association in your mind of apostrophes with possessives.

I have to believe that most people know the difference between 'you're' ñ Y-O-U- apostrophe R-E and Y-O-U-R.

But you know we think nouns, possessive 's', you think possessive apostrophe and when you're typing fast, it's easy to get the wrong one.

So children is plural and to make children possessive, you need an APOSTROPHE-S. The 'Children's Store', the

But Kansas, the Supreme Court Justices actually argued about whether it should be "Kansas's" statute with an apostrophe-s or just an apostrophe.

But no, you don't use an apostrophe to make

But, you know, I'm constantly seeing "i-t apostrophe

So next, we're going to talk about apostrophes and , can I get to

It's your, their with the apostrophes.

So, but one thing I did want to tell you about apostrophes and possessives is that

I see people think that all plurals need apostrophes.

>>Male Audience Member #9: People seem to think that all plurals need apostrophes.

And that's when it's much more common for people to use apostrophes like after an abbreviation, CD's. We had 50

Now that the New York Times has stopped doing it, every other major style guide says not to use apostrophes to make things like