The rules of adding an apostrophe or 's to the singular form of a word

Well, there's ProfCrisis' "meaningful" post for the day.

ProfCrisis's*

@ProfCrisis
"ProfCrisis's*"

Thanks for playing! I thought you'd bite. I must admit . . . I really do enjoy baiting pompous idiots.

You know, many an idiot has attempted to "correct" me. Each and every time, I have utterly embarrassed the idiot. This time is no different. Truly skilled writers know that only an apostrophe is necessary to create the possessive form of such a noun that needs with the letter "s" (as well as "z" or -- in some circumstances -- any word that ends with an "s" sound). Thanks for playing, peon. This lesson is on the house. The next one will cost you. Now, get back to your mediocrity.

SOURCES:
owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/621/1/
grammar.yourdictionary.com/punctuation/apostrophe-rules.html

"that needs" = "that ends"

From your Purdue OWL link:

add 's to the singular form of the word (even if it ends in -s):

Thank goodness, you almost had me "utterly embarrassed."

Here's the ENTIRE quote from the Purdue OWL link, you intellectually dishonest charlatan:

"add 's to the singular form of the word (even if it ends in -s):
the owner's car
James's hat (James' hat is also acceptable."

Yeah, and dictionaries begrudgingly call lots of common misuses "acceptable" (e.g., peruse to mean skim when it actually means the opposite), but I thought a "truly skilled" writer such as yourself would opt for correctness, not acceptability. Oh, but you were baiting me. Right.

Do you think your tone was appropriate for the situation? Do you know what "tone" means?

You're tone deaf. You lost. Give it up already.

"It is also acceptable to add only an apostrophe to the end of singular nouns that end in 's' to make them possessive."
SOURCE:
grammar.yourdictionary.com/punctuation/apostrophe-rules.html

Yes, I did bait you, as I have done dozens of times to other pompous idiots in the past. I know that pompous tools like you simply can't wait to pounce on even the most insignificant "error" that I make because you have nothing else. You certainly can't prove incorrect any of my substantive statements.

Have a splendid day.

Is that an appropriate tone, lil buddy? Are there any deeper emotional issues you want to talk about?

I would call my tone "light olive."

You keep asking entirely irrelevant questions to deflect from your embarrsing fail in trying to "correct" me. It's cute.

But I did successfully correct you... :/

Pull up a chair, Mr. Psychologist. Let's talk about your delusional denial.

Wait, am I the psychologist or are you the psychologist?

That's deep.

No I was just confused because your jokes are bad and don't make sense

Slingblade, you're just too "simple" to understand the point or grasp the irony.

1. You failed in your attempt to "correct" me. I provided evdience from multiple, reputable sources to prove my case.

2. To distract from your embarrasing failure, you suddenly became a psychologist.

3. Ignoring the evidence that I posted, you irrationally claimed that you did successfully correct me.

4. I then asked you, the purported psychologist, to sit down and explain your own delusional denial.

I know that it's a whole heck of a lot to take in all at once, Slingy, but if you loosen your skullcap just a tad . . . .

The joke is really funny after you explain it. Thx.

Let me know if you need any more help with punctuation tho

Oh, yes, please do provide more help. It's great. I particularly love your working examples of incorrect punctuation, such as the missing comma after "punctuation" in your previous post.

Actually the word tho never has a comma before it, check the MyBestDictionary website

Wrong. Nice try. A comma indicates a "pause" in speech. When spoken, there is absolutely a pause after "punctuation" (unless one is on meth or has some sort of nervous condition). Therefore, a comma is required or -- at the very least -- appropriate.

Would you say that you're very good at punctuation?

Oh, and FYI, Cambridge University is slightly more reputable than "MyBestDictionary" (which I didn't bother wasting my time to check, especially since you were too lazy to provide a URL).

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Though meaning 'however'

Spoken English:
Especially in speaking, we can use though (but not although or even though) with a meaning similar to however or nevertheless. In these cases, we usually put it at the end of a clause:

A:
You have six hours in the airport between flights!

B:
I don't mind, though. I have lots of work to do. I'll just bring my laptop with me.

A:
It's expensive.

B:
It's nice, though.

A:
Yeah, I think I'll buy it.
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SOURCE:
dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/although-or-though


No, I would say that I'm "skilled in applying proper punctuation" or "good at punctuating."

I was talking about the word tho though

*tho, though

No it was fine that way

Once upon a time, I could diagram sentences with the best of them thanks to the U.S. Army. I can still punctuate the **** out of a sentence, though, and do so to my clients' delight. Moreover, I know how to use an apostrophe, although that appears to remain a point of contention among the uninformed.

These commas and apostrophe's are the most often edited mistakes of my writers. The most recent headache we have been dealing with is the use of dual punctuation marks. These are use simultaneously and simply do not make any sense. When we correct it, the ESL kid does it again, thinking the writer made the mistake. This is most often seen when the student writes a sentence then uses an ellipses, followed by a comma or vice versa. It is impossible to teach the ESL learner that you can only use one punctuation mark as a time when it comes to the end of a sentence. They are simply incapable of learning the reasons why you can only use one punctuation mark. They cannot understand the reason and the difference.

Ironically, there's no apostrophe in apostrophes.

It is impossible to teach the shitposter irony.

What we were taught in school is that an apostrophe S is used when indicating the ownership of something. The non apostrophe S indicates the plural form of a word. That seems to be the most standard application of the apostrophe S rule that the non native speaking writers seem to miss. They have created their own rules and no longer follow the English writing norm. Either that or they simply do not care about how auto correct presents the words that they are typing into their screen.