And there is only one apostrophe.

而且只有一个撇。

All right, so when you add the apostrophe " s" , right?

这时你会加上 's，对吧？

Certain pronouns already have possession built in and don't need an apostrophe.

一些代名词已经是“所有”时就不需要撇。

The last punctuation mark we are going to talk about today is the apostrophe.

我们今天要讲的最后一个是撇。

An apostrophe is used to show possession.

撇被用来表示所有。

The apostrophe -s after " America" shows possession.

America后面的撇和s表示所有。

But when it's a possessive pronoun, there's no apostrophe.

但当它是物主代词时，就没有撇了。

Do you get upset, annoyed or angry if you see punctuation being used incorrectly- particularly apostrophes?

如果你看到标点——其是撇被错误地使用，你会感到郁闷或生气吗？

The apostrophe is placed before the 's'.

撇放在了“s”之前。

The apostrophe 's' shows the money belongs to us.

撇“s”表示钱是属于我们的。

The word 'apostrophe' itself – which language does it come from?

撇这个词本身是来自哪种语言？

And you'll notice-very simple-all of them are just apostrophe " d" .

然后你会注意到——非常简单——他们都只是加了个撇和字母d。

That's a contraction so we need an apostrophe.

这里是缩写词，所以我们需要用撇。

I'm gonna add an apostrophe s.

我要加上撇 s。

I'm also going to focus on contractions that have apostrophes.

我还将关注带有撇的缩写。

The word 'apostrophe' itself-which language does it come from?

“撇”这个词本身——它来自哪种语言？

Well, we just add apostrophe S.

加上省字和S就可以了。

They don't walk like ordinary dogs, but leap and somersault like an apostrophe and comma.

它们不是像平常的狗那么走路，而是一蹦一跳，翻着筋斗前进，像一个撇和一个逗。

Apostrophes follow loads of rules and I see them misused all of the time.

省字的用法很多，我总会看到有人会用错。

They say that the emergence of text messaging is killing off commas, colons and apostrophes.

他们说短信的出现扼杀了逗、冒和省略。