Apostrophes — mostly for possession on the SAT

Even outside of the SAT, few high school students truly know how to use apostrophes. On the SAT, they will mostly be used to show possession. Rarely, you’ll need to decide whether the apostrophe comes before or after the letter S. But mostly, you should focus on whether the word needs an apostrophe at all. This video gives you a sample question to show you the best strategy for mastering apostrophes on the SAT.

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[Lunar_CS]

Wow, this helped a ton! As a spanish speaking student Ive always had trouble with the reading part of the SAT, Ill be retaking tomorrow Thank you!

[Tutorllini]

Great video! IDK if this is helpful but I like thinking that if the words is NOT a noun or noun phrase after (for example a verb) it can't be possessive. Like you said, charges can't possess "varied".

[mrman]

How would possession with apostrophes work for a words that are the same singular and plural wise such as fish and sheep