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**** ex. "Books about sailing are fun" and not "Books about sailing is fun" | **** ex. "Books about sailing are fun" and not "Books about sailing is fun" | ||
***** "about" = a preposition, so "sailing" is not the subject and the verb is therefore matched to the plural "books" | ***** "about" = a preposition, so "sailing" is not the subject and the verb is therefore matched to the plural "books" | ||
* '''apostrophes''' | |||
** = do two things: | |||
*** create contractions (it | |||
*** shoe posssssion | |||
* see below for more on all these concepts and rules | * see below for more on all these concepts and rules | ||