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号、冒号和省略号。

An apostrophe is used to show possession.

撇号被所有格。

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，像一个撇号和一个逗号。

Or, sorry, with " time" , " a lotatime" , " a lot 'time" could be, again, the apostrophe, almost no sound or the " a" sound, 'or we could just use the " of" : " a lot ov time" , " a lot of time" .

或者，对不起，" Time（时间）举例" ，" a lota/ə/time" ，" a lot 'time" ，可以，也是略音，几乎没有声音或" a/ə/" 音，或者我们可以使" of/əv/" 音：" a lot ov/əv/ time" ，" a lot of time" 。

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

然后注意到——非常简单——他们都只是了个撇号和字母d。

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

撇号这个词本身是自哪种语言？

First, let's look at how the apostrophe marks possession.

首先，让我们看一下撇号怎样所有格。

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

这时上 's，对吧？

The apostrophe is placed before the 's'.

撇号放在了“s”之前。

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。

The apostrophe -s after " America" shows possession.

America后面的撇号和s所有格。

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

现在，是否好奇为什么“teams”后面有一个撇号呢？

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

我还将关注带有撇号的缩写。

That's right. So, he's is spelled h – e – apostrophe – s, and she's is spelled s – h – e – apostrophe – s.

是的。因此，‘他’的拼写是 he’s，而‘她’的拼写是 she’s。

In spoken and informal language, they can be contracted, so will can turn into apostrophe double L: I will, I'll, and would can turn into apostrophe D, so we have she would, she'd.

在口语和非正式的语言中，它们可以缩写，will 可以写成撇号两个“L”，I will可写成 I'll，would 可以写成撇号字母D，所以 she would 可写成 she'd。

Even the exclamation point was left off of early models, assuming that users could type a period, then backspace and add an apostrophe to make a close approximation.

就连感叹号（！）在早期打字机上都没有专属键位，厂商默认户可以先打一个句号（。），再按退格键，在句号上方一个撇号（’），勉强拼成一个类似感叹号的符号。

And just like here, the apostrophe will show that the next syllable is stressed, so we're going to make it higher and stronger, okay?

就像这里一样，撇号明下一个音节是重读的，所以我们要把它读得更重。

But you can also see them when they're written in informal English and you can usually recognise them because they have that little apostrophe.

但也可能在非正式英语写作时候看到它们，通常大家都可以认出它们，因为带着那个小撇号。

So, if we say 'the girls' boyfriends' and we're talking about several girls, we put the apostrophe after the 's' when we write it.

所以，如果我们说‘the girls' boyfriends’，我们的意思是好几个女孩子，在书写的时候，在‘s’后面单引号。

The only apostrophes are for the contracted form of it is and it has. So please don't make this mistake that native speakers make.

唯一的撇号是it is和it has的缩写形式。因此，请不要犯母语人士犯的这个错误。