100 Common Apostrophe Mistakes

No.	Item	Definition
1.	1980s	the decade of the 1980s
2.	A’s	more than one A
3.	aren’t	are not
4.	boss’s	belonging to one boss
5.	bosses’	belonging to multiple bosses
6.	can’t	cannot
7.	cat-o’-nine-tails	a whip with nine lashes
8.	children’s	belonging to children
9.	class’s	belonging to one class
10.	classes’	belonging to multiple classes
11.	couldn’t	could not
12.	didn’t	did not
13.	doesn’t	does not
14.	don’t	do not
15.	fo’c’sle	sailors’ forward living area
16.	gov’t	abbreviation of government
17.	hadn’t	had not
18.	hasn’t	has not
19.	haven’t	have not
20.	he’d	he had or he would
21.	he’ll	he will
22.	he’s	he is or he has
23.	here’s	here is or here has
24.	how’d	how did or how had
25.	how’ll	how will
26.	how’s	how is or how has
27.	I’d	I had or I would
28.	I’ll	I will or I shall
29.	I’m	I am
30.	I’ve	I have
31.	isn’t	is not
32.	it’ll	it will
33.	it’s	it is or it has
34.	jack-o’-lantern	carved pumpkin lantern
35.	James’	alternate possessive of James
36.	James’s	belonging to James
37.	kids’	belonging to multiple kids
38.	king’s	belonging to a king
39.	ladies’	belonging to multiple ladies
40.	lady’s	belonging to a lady
41.	let’s	let us
42.	ma’am	polite form of address
43.	man’s	belonging to a man
44.	men’s	belonging to men
45.	mightn’t	might not
46.	mother-in-law’s	belonging to a mother-in-law
47.	mustn’t	must not
48.	ne’er-do-well	an idle, worthless person
49.	needn’t	need not
50.	nobody’s	belonging to no one
51.	o’clock	of the clock
52.	ol’	informal old
53.	one-o’clock	the time at one
54.	one’s	belonging to one person
55.	others’	belonging to other people
56.	oughtn’t	short for ought not
57.	ours	belonging to us
58.	ourselves’	belonging to ourselves
59.	owner’s	belonging to an owner
60.	people’s	belonging to people
61.	rock ‘n’ roll	a style of popular music
62.	rock’n’roll	variant of rock and roll
63.	shan’t	shall not
64.	she’d	she had or she would
65.	she’ll	she will
66.	she’s	she is or she has
67.	shouldn’t	should not
68.	that’ll	that will
69.	that’s	that is or that has
70.	there’ll	there will
71.	there’re	there are
72.	there’s	there is or there has
73.	there’ve	there have
74.	they’d	they had or they would
75.	they’ll	they will
76.	they’re	they are
77.	they’ve	they have
78.	wasn’t	was not
79.	we’d	we had or we would
80.	we’ll	we will
81.	we’re	we are
82.	we’ve	we have
83.	weren’t	were not
84.	what’s	what is or what has
85.	when’s	when is or when has
86.	where’d	where did or where had
87.	where’s	where is or where has
88.	who’ll	who will
89.	who’s	who is or who has
90.	who’ve	who have
91.	why’s	why is or why has
92.	won’t	will not
93.	wouldn’t	would not
94.	y’all	you all
95.	y’know	you know
96.	you’d	you had or you would
97.	you’ll	you will
98.	you’re	you are
99.	you’ve	you have
100.	your	belonging to you