apostrophe
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colocação do apostrofo em inglêsTRANSCRIPT
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APOSTROPHE
Em ingls, o apstrofo (apostrophe) usa-se:
em formas possessivas:
This is John's house. These are the boys' bicycles.
verbos: I'll see you tomorrow. He doesn't like coffee.
datas: John was born in '97. They met in the summer of '92.
horas: See you at 7 o'clock.
dialectos (por ex. h mudo): When 'e arrived 'ome, 'is wife kissed 'im.
em certos plurais:
letras: How many c's and m's are there in accommodation?
nmeros: Life was hard in the 1920's. The way you write, your 7's look like 1's.
palavras: You have seven and's in this sentence. There are too many!
abreviaturas: John met two VIP's yesterday. (1) How many MP's do you know personally? (2)
(1) VIP = very important person (2) MP = Member of Parliament