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.

他说短信的出现扼杀了逗、冒省略。

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

它不像平常的狗那么走路，而蹦跳，翻着筋斗前进，像个撇个逗。

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

然后你会注意到——非常简单——他都只加了个撇字母d。

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

撇这个词来自哪种语言？

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

“撇”这个词——它来自哪种语言？

The apostrophe shows that a letter, or more than one, is missing.

单引表示缺少个或多个字母。

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

些代名词已经“所有格”时就不需要撇。

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

这时你会加上 's，对吧？

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

省字符的用法很多，我总会看到有人会用错。

And then finally, I'll show you some extra miscellaneous contractions using apostrophes as well.

最后，讲解下使用省字符的其余不同情况。

The apostrophe is placed before the 's'.

撇放在了“s”之前。

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

我今天要讲的最后个撇。

The apostrophe -s after " America" shows possession.

America后面的撇s表示所有格。

When it's is a contraction of 'it is' or 'it has', we write an apostrophe.

当 it's it is 或 it has 的缩写形式时，我要用撇。

And friends, did you notice in the magazine that we had K-I-D-S apostrophe?

朋友，你有没有注意到杂志上我写的K-I-D-S后面有个撇？那“孩子”的篮球教练。

Now, did you wonder why teams has an apostrophe after it?

现在，你否好奇为什么“teams”后面会有个撇呢？

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

我还将关注带有撇的缩写。

An apostrophe is used to show possession.

撇被用来表示所有格。

So the apostrophe S shows that the mother belongs to the friend.

撇 S 表示我朋友的母亲。