There are 14 punctuation marks in English, namely: the period? (period?), question mark? (question mark), exclamation point (exclamation point), ?comma (comma), semicolon ( semicolon), colon (colon).

dash (dash), hyphen (hyphen), parentheses (parentheses), brackets (brackets?), braces (brackets), ?apostrophe (apostrophe; ?ellipse symbol; ?possessive symbol) , quotation marks, and ellipses.

Usage of Apostrophe (’)

Apostrophe or ellipsis Apostrophe (’)

1. Form the possessive case of a noun.

rest my son's

a moment's books

A three weeks' pay

2. Indicate words, letters, numbers, symbols, etc. plural form of.

Don't use so many ands in the sentence.

How many 5s have you got?

This is different from the plural form of ordinary words, the formal When writing, you must add "'" before s, so remember the rules.

3. In addition to expressing the condensed form of the verb, it also expresses the omission of one or several letters and numbers.

I've got it. "Yes,ma'am," the waiter said.

Note: A large number of omitted words are used in spoken language and should not appear in written language. middle. For example: I’d like to (in written language, write I would like to).