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The editor’s notes were attached to the draft.
8 Apostrophe Examples
Use these examples to study structure, specificity, tone, and variation. They are demonstrations—not claims about a real person or organization unless the example itself makes that explicit.
Before you copy
What to notice in the examples
Correct apostrophe use depends on first deciding whether the word shows ownership, omission, or simple plurality, then applying the matching pattern consistently.
- Use apostrophe + s for most singular possessive nouns.
- Use an apostrophe after the s for most regular plural possessives.
- Use apostrophes in contractions to mark omitted letters.
- Do not add an apostrophe to ordinary plural nouns, years, or acronyms merely because they end in s.
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The editors’ meeting starts at nine.
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The children’s coats are beside the door.
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It’s easier to revise after the outline is stable.
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The company changed its return policy.
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We reviewed three PDFs, two CSVs, and several screenshots.
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Chris’s desk is near the east window.
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The two weeks’ notice gave the team enough time to reassign the project.
Keep the underlying decision or pattern, then replace the subject, evidence, relationship, constraints, and tone with details that belong to your situation. If your final line still works after swapping only one noun, it may be too close to the example.