Homeschool . Apostrophe . Punctuation in Contractions . Parentheses

 Punctuation in Contractions 

• apostrophe: An apostrophe is a mark— ‘ —used to show that letters or figures are missing (as in can’t for cannot or ’76 for 1976) or to show the possessive case (as in Steven’s) or the plural of letters or figures (as in “cross your t’s”). 

If you are shortening a year or decade, you use an apostrophe to replace the first two numbers of the year or years: “I wish I grew up in the ’60s.” or “I finished high school in ’08.” 《取自 https://www.adamanswers.com/do-years-need-apostrophes/》

• contraction: A contraction is a word that combines two words and leaves out some of the letters from one or both of the words. 

For example, you can join the words you and are together to create the word you're. 

However, sometimes you need to rearrange the letters a bit when you contract the words. For example: will and not can be contracted to create the word won't. 

Using contractions like these makes your writing easier to read and more friendly. 《取自 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zddbn9q》

For instance, I can't go to the school with you tonight. / You won't believe how cool the light show is.

• parentheses: Use parentheses— ( ) —to set off information that is not essential in a sentence, such as unnecessary details, clarifications, or examples.

For instance, Jimmy (winner of last year's contest) didn't register for this year.