How to Use Apostrophes Properly: The Definitive Guide | English Grammar & Punctuation Lesson

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  • Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2024

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  • @EnglishwithLucy
    @EnglishwithLucy  6 лет назад +90

    REPRESENT YOUR LANGUAGE, have your name displayed & help others to understand this video by contributing subtitle translations here: ruclips.net/user/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=YDB2Maro5H8

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 6 лет назад +1

      Lucy, you are a charismatic, beauteous, awesome teacher. Wow! You've got almost 1 million subscribers to go. Fantastic!

    • @hectormartinez2566
      @hectormartinez2566 6 лет назад

      Te amó tanto bebé

    • @serraultchoumzoua7029
      @serraultchoumzoua7029 6 лет назад

      Lucy I want you to do a little video on a dictation in English so that I can improve my hearing

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 6 лет назад +2

      Hi, Lucy! You are an awesome, beautiful teacher. Greetings from Indonesia. 🇲🇨 I'm Rezza, from Indonesia. I speak Indonesian or Bahasa because it is my mother tongue or first language. 🇲🇨 Using apostrophes in English is quite different with my first language, Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). 🇲🇨
      Use of apostrophes according to Enhanced Spelling (ES = EYD) as follows:
      1. As the removal of parts of the word.
      For example,
      a. Senja 'lah tiba. (Meaning: Twilight has come). 'lah means has/have.
      b. Ibu 'kan kukabari. (Meaning: I will tell my mother). 'kan means will/shall.
      c. Ayah 'lum juga kembali. (Meaning: Father has not come back yet). 'lum means not yet.
      2. As the removal of the year.
      For instance,
      a. July 11 '66. ('66 means 1966)
      b. September '08. ('08 means 2008)
      c. Preamble of the Constitution '45. ('45 means 1945)

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 6 лет назад +1

      Much obliged, Ms Lucy.

  • @lucymiles6911
    @lucymiles6911 6 лет назад +23

    This channel is now my TV.
    I am so happy I discovered "English with Lucy"

    • @LuceStluce
      @LuceStluce 3 дня назад

      Sorry grade SIX NOTSIS

  • @annami.7749
    @annami.7749 6 лет назад +61

    Perfect timing! I NEED this SO much- struggle with punctuation/apostrophes in every single english exam 😅 thank you for uploading this!! love your videos lucy (and your accent😍😂) ! ❤️

    • @EnglishwithLucy
      @EnglishwithLucy  6 лет назад +11

      yaaaay Anna that makes me so happy!

    • @annami.7749
      @annami.7749 6 лет назад +2

      English with Lucy oh thank you so much for your reply! ❤️❤️ i'm from germany and i always try to talk with your accent when i speak english - absolutely LOVE british english😍

    • @rukmaniawasthi
      @rukmaniawasthi Год назад

      ​@@EnglishwithLucy what is the possesive noun is non living

  • @ludmilarojas9864
    @ludmilarojas9864 Год назад +5

    I'm so relieved that you made this video~✨ I'm studying hard for an English final test and I always struggle with grammar rules, so this video is really helpful!

  • @BNL07604
    @BNL07604 6 лет назад

    I'm American and I'm primarily watching you and others for accent training, but it's amazing how much of a refresher course some of these videos are.

  • @rezza2507
    @rezza2507 6 лет назад +2

    Great job, Lucy! You recently did a couple of class with them to learn Indonesian. That's the first language aka mother tongue where I live in. I'm Indonesian, from Indonesia. For sure, I speak Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). 🇲🇨 I'm so proud of being Indonesian.

  • @portcullis5622
    @portcullis5622 5 лет назад +1

    Very clear and useful examples. If unsure, I would advise people to find a different way of writing something and to avoid verb contractions as they are usually unnecessary with the written word. In that last sentence, I wrote I would, rather than I'd, though both are correct. If in doubt, write the full word, as it reduces the number of apostrophes.

  • @asudeuysal9937
    @asudeuysal9937 6 лет назад +1

    That's great !😃 In my language, Turkish we also say, for example, '' Lucy'nin evi '' which is '' Lucy's home '' in English. And we say, for example, "Lucy'nin ve Aly'nin kedileri" , which is '' Lucy's and Aly's cats. ''
    Cheers,Lucy ! Great to see you ! 😊

  • @lysurn
    @lysurn 6 лет назад +1

    Hi Lucy, thank you for the lesson ! In French, we use apostrophes to contract "le, la, les" (the) into "l'", "je" into "j'" (I), "si" into "s"" (if), "que" into "qu'" (that)... when they are followed by vowels :)

  • @TanechkaWhite
    @TanechkaWhite 6 лет назад +1

    Hello, Lucy! Thank you for this video! I had some doubts about using 's after words ending with s, now everything is clear! thank you!!!

  • @iruszemencikova6799
    @iruszemencikova6799 6 лет назад +3

    You've nailed it again, Lucy. Thank you sooooo much!!!

  • @vali5856
    @vali5856 6 лет назад +1

    Here's an example: Lucy's channel is wonderful, it's just great learning English, English with its British accent. Hope I helped! cause we're going to be better 👍

  • @gaetanollier327
    @gaetanollier327 6 лет назад

    Thank you very much for that video which is sooooo useful.
    I am French, I've been learning English on my own and with the tremendous help of native English speakers for a while now.
    And it took me almost 2 years to realise that "she/he's gone shopping" was a contraction of she/he has gone shopping and not she/he is gone shopping.
    From then on, I realised the usage of go with the auxuliary be was extremely rare when not discussed and challenged.
    But the bad habit and misinterpretation had years to sink in and I'm having troubles to get rid of that!

  • @cherryontop_cot
    @cherryontop_cot 6 лет назад +10

    Hey Lucy, you are one of the best teachers i have ever come across.
    Love from India. ❤️

  • @jiaharrie
    @jiaharrie 6 лет назад +29

    You are the best teacher in the world!!!!!I AM REALLY PROUD OF MY TEACHER (LUCY)❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @CuongNguyen-kv9vc
      @CuongNguyen-kv9vc 6 лет назад

      bullshit

    • @jiaharrie
      @jiaharrie 6 лет назад

      Cường Nguyễn what do you mean by that?? 😡

    • @CuongNguyen-kv9vc
      @CuongNguyen-kv9vc 6 лет назад

      Hâhhahh i’am just kidding , sorry if you dont like it

    • @phuonganhnguyen6609
      @phuonganhnguyen6609 6 лет назад +1

      +Cường Nguyễn Shame on you! Remember that we are Vietnamese and we must not do things that make foreigners have bad thoughts about Vietnam.

    • @jiaharrie
      @jiaharrie 6 лет назад

      Anh Nguyễn Phương you are right!!!😉

  • @nehabisht04
    @nehabisht04 3 месяца назад +1

    Your way of teaching is absolutely amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩❤

  • @larissadias9335
    @larissadias9335 Год назад

    I'd like to watch you explaining about the difference between the contractions when we use HAD and WOULD.

  • @manikkalaiarasan4275
    @manikkalaiarasan4275 6 лет назад

    thank you so much Lucy.. I have so many doubts in apostrophes.. Now you cleared me.. your movement of your lips while in accent was beautiful..

  • @anastasiapurr7691
    @anastasiapurr7691 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you Lucy!
    I found your videos very helpful and your voice is so soft and calming, I’m ready to watch your videos all day long!
    Also I’m Russian and our language is waaaay more complicated but I’m glad it’s my native one😊

  • @shahriarhasan6863
    @shahriarhasan6863 6 лет назад

    Many confusions have cleared...... Thanks for the lesson......!!!!!!

  • @davidhaokip6613
    @davidhaokip6613 6 лет назад +1

    Lucy, I really like it. It's a great time having you in RUclips.

  • @rezza2507
    @rezza2507 6 лет назад +1

    Greetings from Indonesia. 🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨
    I'm native Indonesian. I'm from Indonesia.
    I speak Indonesian (Indonesian language). So Indonesian is my first language a.k.a mother tongue.
    In Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), we also use an apostrophe but it is a little bit different from English.

  • @nadiiaarais924
    @nadiiaarais924 6 лет назад +1

    Hi! ❤ Thank you, Lucy.
    Love from Indonesia.

  • @ayaalsiyabi9671
    @ayaalsiyabi9671 6 лет назад +10

    Best teacher in the world 😍keep going

    • @howplz
      @howplz 4 года назад

      sorry but i though adam better then her

  • @miqueiaspissinin6527
    @miqueiaspissinin6527 6 лет назад

    Clear explanation. Thank you!

  • @kashifali979
    @kashifali979 6 лет назад

    I love the way you teach and also love to see the end just because of your dance

  • @xxxxHoshixxxx
    @xxxxHoshixxxx 6 лет назад +1

    This is amazing. Thank you so much!

  • @andarumahameru3745
    @andarumahameru3745 6 лет назад

    Big thanks Lucy, i studied this one yesterday and wasn't clear. But ur video is really help me to more understand. This gonna be useful.

  • @starrysky1588
    @starrysky1588 6 лет назад

    You've explained everything clearly in less than 15 minutes!

  • @xAoixx
    @xAoixx 6 лет назад +6

    No apostrophes in Japanese! I love your accent 💗

  • @daniela5145
    @daniela5145 6 лет назад

    A rare combination of mind and beauty. I admire!!!

  • @sergejosaulenko6712
    @sergejosaulenko6712 6 лет назад

    Helpful. Thanks for the lesson Lucy.

  • @hdersoz
    @hdersoz 6 лет назад

    Now, as an English teacher, I've found a way to tell my students why we should feel free to use one of these: a plural noun + 's or a plural noun + '... I will chose one of those and be consistent with it :) Thanks Lucy

  • @alexsandro2200
    @alexsandro2200 6 лет назад

    I must say that you're english is the best i've ever heard so far

    • @lipkinasl
      @lipkinasl 5 лет назад

      Incorrect use of you're. You're = You are. The possessive case is your with no aprostrophe!!

  • @anitasingh5750
    @anitasingh5750 4 года назад

    This is an awesome video video cleared all my doubts on apostrophes thank you so much

  • @justme-cv7tm
    @justme-cv7tm 6 лет назад +1

    I realy enjoy this type of video, thank you for your lesson.

  • @deewana96
    @deewana96 6 лет назад

    Thank you so much dear Lucy. It was very useful lesson for me.

  • @arezoowalizada8895
    @arezoowalizada8895 6 лет назад +1

    Hi my lovely teacher can you tell more lessons about English grammars I have very problem in English I’m new in U.K. specially in British English speaking or writing also vocabulary thanks you’re so intelligent 😍😘

  • @mauricioborgonio3582
    @mauricioborgonio3582 6 лет назад

    Love it! Will share this video with my pupils here in Spain!

  • @BedTechBHMDUNMahanada
    @BedTechBHMDUNMahanada 4 года назад

    My favourite english teacher❤
    you are the best english teacher I've ever met.... 😘😍

  • @mathildeckto2616
    @mathildeckto2616 6 лет назад

    Really good video as always! In French we use the apostrophe when it's about names when they start with a vowel for example: animal in French is masculine, so normally we would use "le" but in this case it's different it would be "l'animal" because you can't have two vowels next to each other... or l'arbre: the tree. But "le chat": the cat 😊

  • @michakj4994
    @michakj4994 6 лет назад

    Lucy really well done. Thank you.

  • @peternakitch4167
    @peternakitch4167 6 лет назад

    As native this helps! And be consistent. Thanks Lucy 👍

  • @eloamosquini.4371
    @eloamosquini.4371 6 лет назад

    Amazing lesson! Thanks, Lucy

  • @mayam297
    @mayam297 6 лет назад

    That was very informative, thanks! 🌸👍 I took a CAE exam recently and prepared by watching your videos among other things 🌟

  • @rezza2507
    @rezza2507 6 лет назад +1

    Hello, Lucy! I'm Rezza, from Indonesia.🇲🇨 Of course, I speak Indonesian or Bahasa because it is my mother tongue or my first language. 🇲🇨
    In Indonesian, the first language we use in Indonesia, we also use apostrophes but it is quite different in English, actually.
    Use of apostrophes ' according to Enhanced Spelling (ES = EYD) as follows:
    1. As the removal of parts of the word.
    For example,
    a. Senja 'lah tiba. (Meaning: Twilight has come). 'lah means has/have.
    b. Ibu 'kan kukabari. (Meaning: I will tell my mother). 'kan means will/shall.
    c. Ayah 'lum juga kembali. (Meaning: Father has not come back yet). 'lum means not yet.
    2. As the removal of the year.
    For instance,
    a. July 11 '66. ('66 means 1966)
    b. September '08. ('08 means 2008)
    c. Preamble of the Constitution '45. ('45 means 1945)

  • @YgorCortes
    @YgorCortes 6 лет назад +3

    Amazing lesson as always! You rock!

  • @mariarita171
    @mariarita171 6 лет назад

    love this video Lucy, very useful, thank you.

  • @markoldgeezer167
    @markoldgeezer167 6 лет назад

    Thanks for this video, Lucy. You've really clarified and simplified it for me. Everyone else makes it so complicated!

  • @elydor86
    @elydor86 6 лет назад

    Very good Lucy! In Italian we use a lot of apostrophes but not for the same situations you talk about. We use apostophres for the articles when the noun begins with a vocal, for example: l'arancia, l'orologio; or we use them in questions when the verb is "è", for example: quand'è nata? Or: dov'è andato?

  • @emmaherlevsen2749
    @emmaherlevsen2749 6 лет назад

    It was a really good video and very helping. I’ve just noticed how apostrophes are important

  • @victorlima8532
    @victorlima8532 3 года назад

    I finally got it! Thank you Lucy!

  • @lily9560
    @lily9560 5 лет назад

    This was really useful because I have a test on Monday and now I’m not nervous about apostrophes any more 😊

  • @ciupciup23
    @ciupciup23 10 месяцев назад

    I loved this lesson although I knew those grammar rules 😊 I just love watching and listening to you ❤

  • @gmkhoso986
    @gmkhoso986 6 лет назад

    thanks for giving us such instructions

  • @rezza2507
    @rezza2507 6 лет назад +1

    Hi, Lucy! You are an awesome, beautiful teacher. Greetings from Indonesia. 🇲🇨 I'm Rezza, from Indonesia. I speak Indonesian or Bahasa because it is my mother tongue or first language. 🇲🇨 Using an apostrophe in English is quite different with my first language, Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). 🇲🇨
    Use of an apostrophe (') according to Enhanced Spelling (ES = EYD) as follows:
    1. As the removal of parts of the word.
    For example,
    a. Senja 'lah tiba. (Meaning: Twilight has come). 'lah means has/have.
    b. Ibu 'kan kukabari. (Meaning: I will tell my mother). 'kan means will/shall.
    c. Ayah 'lum juga kembali. (Meaning: Father has not come yet). 'lum means not yet.
    2. As the removal of the year.
    For instance,
    a. July 11 '66. ('66 means 1966)
    b. September '08. ('08 means 2008)
    c. Preamble of the Constitution '45. ('45 means 1945)

  • @brenomarques6674
    @brenomarques6674 6 лет назад +1

    Great class like always, teacher! ❤️
    In portuguese, we rarely use the apostrophes, but we use a lot the acute accent, circumflex accent, tilde and grave accent (crase; a + a) in our grammar and orthography.

    • @Cink1973
      @Cink1973 3 месяца назад

      Oh o outro ai querendo comer a mina vei

  • @cumarjiivii648
    @cumarjiivii648 3 года назад

    wow! i impressed how well you have understood me the lessons thanks alot.

  • @thejitendrachauhan
    @thejitendrachauhan 6 лет назад

    You make me understand very easily, thanks a lot.

  • @CristianMartinez-ff8jd
    @CristianMartinez-ff8jd 6 лет назад

    Thank you Lucy, you are the best. Your videos have helped me a lot to understand different aspects

  • @glennesbenarrosh6101
    @glennesbenarrosh6101 6 лет назад

    Lucy, I started to watch your channel just to understand better the british accent, since that my own accent has always been more similar to the american one, but now I want to speak like a british too hahaha

  • @Mati92028
    @Mati92028 6 лет назад

    I adore this type of lesson. I wanna more and more

  • @asriwidya1465
    @asriwidya1465 6 лет назад

    My best teacher to learn british

  • @michaelk4419
    @michaelk4419 6 лет назад

    It's really striking. The best teacher I've ever seen! :)) Especially your accent and pronunciation. All is clear.

  • @mihaelababa4025
    @mihaelababa4025 6 лет назад

    The video was very useful! Thank you! ❤️🇬🇧

  • @TheTurtle609
    @TheTurtle609 6 лет назад

    Hello, Lucy. I always revel in your videos, thank. In Bulgarian (my mother tongue) we don't have apostrophes and I was something really strange for me when I started learning English but I got used to it.

  • @papateachme
    @papateachme 6 лет назад +49

    Don't you mean "Lucy and Aly's DOG"? ❤️️🐶

  • @ubdansiddiqui1070
    @ubdansiddiqui1070 6 лет назад +3

    My english exam is tomorrow and this video has helped me a lot.Thanks❤

  • @osonhodeleon
    @osonhodeleon 6 лет назад

    Amazing video, good for the natives too. The english grammar is much more easy than the Portuguese or spanish.

  • @ArilsonOZ
    @ArilsonOZ 6 лет назад

    That's a very useful video, i'm probably gonna watch it more than once.

  • @englert2551
    @englert2551 6 лет назад

    It's very useful ..merci beacoup lucy

  • @o_o6869
    @o_o6869 6 лет назад

    The one English teacher I like

  • @laurapena3426
    @laurapena3426 6 лет назад +1

    Incredible lesson! I cleared all of my doubts. Thank you! :)

  • @johannasch7329
    @johannasch7329 6 лет назад

    Hi. I am really happy I discovered your channel. It's so helpful and easy to understand. I wanted to ask if there is a video on your channel about using ironic speech in English. Like if you're insulting someone but don't mean it serious and say it just to tease someone a bit. Maybe it's a video idea if such a video doesn't exist yet?
    Much Love from Germany
    Johanna

  • @LeonSkillsXB
    @LeonSkillsXB 6 лет назад

    Thank you in advance, my dear Lucy! Greetings from Brazil!

  • @natashachoquich2879
    @natashachoquich2879 6 лет назад

    Hi Lucy! Thank you so much for your lessons. Your English is just beautiful!!! 💖

  • @irisgomez2624
    @irisgomez2624 6 лет назад

    Lucy thanks for explain these things so clearly. This video helped me a lot!

  • @andreapucciarelli9065
    @andreapucciarelli9065 6 лет назад +1

    As ever, your lesson is very clear. Thanks Lucy♥️👍

  • @deepankarchauhan30
    @deepankarchauhan30 6 лет назад +3

    this is Great , I love your work

  • @naendo7855
    @naendo7855 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you Lucy!

  • @vaibhavshinde76
    @vaibhavshinde76 6 лет назад

    Such a wonderful lesson!!!

  • @remyamenon6113
    @remyamenon6113 6 лет назад

    Thank you Lucy. It helped to identify my mistakes in the past. Highly informative 😊

  • @medinaalya
    @medinaalya 6 лет назад +1

    Love from Indonesia, Lucy!❤

  • @j.asiaa77h77
    @j.asiaa77h77 6 лет назад

    Great lesson! Thank you very much :)

  • @joshuapitong899
    @joshuapitong899 2 года назад

    Great help.❤ Thank you.🥰

  • @rezza2507
    @rezza2507 6 лет назад +12

    Lucy, you are a charismatic, beauteous, awesome teacher. Wow! You've got almost 1 million subscribers to go. How fantastic!

    • @EnglishwithLucy
      @EnglishwithLucy  6 лет назад +2

      I can’t believe it!!!! Thanks for noticing I’m nearly at my milestone, Rezzab

    • @EnglishwithLucy
      @EnglishwithLucy  6 лет назад +2

      Rezza!

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 6 лет назад +1

      Lucy!

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 6 лет назад +1

      You're welcome.
      My pleasure.
      Anytime, Lucy.

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 6 лет назад +1

      Much obliged, Ms Lucy.

  • @nehabiswakarma9424
    @nehabiswakarma9424 6 лет назад

    Thank you very much Lucy ☺☺

  • @АлександрПечерский-ПротивТрево

    It's the excellent video and, in general, all your videos are so interesting and useful, and I enjoy when just even look at you in your videos. Thank you, I really appreciate your help! And I've got a question: Could you make some video about punctuation, as for me, this aspect can be quite confusing sometimes. Or if the video about it was already uploaded, somebody, give its link, please.

  • @nnm4ertugrul516
    @nnm4ertugrul516 6 лет назад

    These videos really helped me for my college .. thx alooooooot

  • @Kaalay7
    @Kaalay7 2 месяца назад

    I really found helpful your videos, thanks alot.

  • @manisekarjayaraman787
    @manisekarjayaraman787 6 лет назад

    Best video regarding this concept!!!

  • @bilawalalimetlo7512
    @bilawalalimetlo7512 5 лет назад

    Loved it while watching. Really helped me

  • @MiguelAngelPuertas-lq9fw
    @MiguelAngelPuertas-lq9fw 6 лет назад

    Excellent. It has been an amazing and helpful video. Good job!

  • @somveerkhatak3639
    @somveerkhatak3639 6 лет назад

    Your video is very helpful for me and other`s learner
    So much thank you.

  • @SumnerLine
    @SumnerLine 6 лет назад

    Thank you, Lucy! This would be such a helpful video to show my 7th graders! We don't really use apostrophes that much in Norwegian, so my ESL-learners often struggle with this.

  • @lauras.9757
    @lauras.9757 6 лет назад

    Great lesson, thank you! 🤓
    I believe the most common grammatical confusion is between
    * it's and its *, as there is an exception to the more common direction to add * 's * to the possessive form in this instance.
    If I understand correctly, * it's * is the contraction, as we have learned from this lesson, and * its * is the possessive form, similar to hers, yours or theirs.
    Also, please pardon my bastardization of the asterisk.

  • @to.ri.3
    @to.ri.3 6 лет назад

    this helps me tremendously thank youuuu... 🙌🙌🙌

  • @victorgao2121
    @victorgao2121 6 лет назад

    Dear Lucy, you are a great expert in English language teaching. Can you tell me, when giving presentations, should I say "In the slide, or on the slide?" Should I say "in this page, or on this page"?

  • @marcioviniciusmoreira4347
    @marcioviniciusmoreira4347 6 лет назад

    We use apostrophes in Portuguese too. It usually indicates a contraction like “estrela d’alva” ( the preposition “de” becomes d’).

  • @yousifalkahl4576
    @yousifalkahl4576 Год назад

    Thank you for your fantastic way