And there is only one apostrophe.

而且只有一个撇。

I'm gonna add an apostrophe s.

我加上撇 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”时就撇。

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

我们今天讲的最后一个是撇。

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。

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，什么时候用省字加S就清晰了。

An apostrophe is used to show possession.

撇被用来表示所有格。

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 -s after " America" shows possession.

America后面的撇和s表示所有格。

And use apostrophes properly once and for all.

从此以后，正确使用省字。

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、冒和省略。

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

“撇”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.

这里还是会有同意见，一些人觉得只加上省字就可以了。

The apostrophe is placed before the 's'.

撇放在了“s”之前。

And the apostrophe shows that these letters have been skipped.

并且单引显示这些字母已被跳过。

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

这时你会加上 '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，所以我们用撇。

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

我还将关注带有撇的缩写。