Do you know how we can turn a singular noun into a plural noun? The solution is simple. Just add an '-s' at the end of the word, and whoosh, the job is done. The word 'house' becomes 'houses', 'word' ...

The apostrophe can be used to show who things belong to. If an item belongs to something, the apostrophe shows us who, by sitting at the end of the noun. If that noun doesn't end in s, the apostrophe ...

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Not long ago, a cellphone was a cell phone. A teenager was a teen-ager. Goodbye was good-bye. A website was a Web site. Legroom was leg room. Words and compounds evolve all the time. But in this ...

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