And there is only one apostrophe.

而且只有一个撇号。

I'm gonna add an apostrophe s.

我要加上撇号 s。

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

一些代名词已经是“所有格”时就不需要撇号。

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号。

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

但当它是物主代词时，就没有撇号了。

Okay, so we've cleared up where to use apostrophe and where to use apostrophe S.

好吧，我们在对什么时候用省字符，什么时候用省字符加S就清晰了。

An apostrophe is used to show possession.

撇号被用来表示所有格。

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

如果标点符号——尤其是撇号被错误地使用，会感郁闷或生气吗？

The apostrophe -s after " America" shows possession.

America后面的撇号和s表示所有格。

And use apostrophes properly once and for all.

从此以后，正确使用省字符。

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

他们说短信的出扼杀了逗号、冒号和省略号。

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

“撇号”这个词本身——它来自哪种语言？

Now this is disputed and some people will argue that we should just add the apostrophe.

这里还是会有不同意见，一些人觉得只加上省字符就可以了。

The apostrophe is placed before the 's'.

撇号放在了“s”之前。

And the apostrophe shows that these letters have been skipped.

并且单引号显示这些字母已被跳过。

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

这时会加上 's，对吧？

I did some research, and it turns out I'm super Irish. Even my blood type is O apostrophe.

我做了一些调查，结果发我是超级爱尔兰人，即使我的血型是O型。

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

然后会注意——非常简单——他们都只是加了个撇号和字母d。

That's a contraction so we need an apostrophe.

这里是缩写词，所以我们需要用撇号。

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

我还将关注带有撇号的缩写。