3.9 Become an awesome apostrophe aficionado
In a nutshell, pretty much the only reason you’d need to use apostrophes when writing your research paper is to show ownership of nouns. Here are some published examples.
Efficient spending on joint defence capabilities and on strengthening citizens’ security is directly linked to a technology policy that helps to foster the common competitive and innovative base for manufacturing and industrial wealth creation which lies at the core of the single market.
Bolded words replace ‘the security of citizens’
Schäfer M European View 2018 The fourth industrial revolution: How the EU can lead it
We link children to their biological or adoptive parents and grandparents using PSID’s family identification mapping system (FIMS).
Bolded words replace ‘the family identification mapping system (FIMS) of PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics 2017)’
Pfeffer FT and Killewald A Social Forces 2018 Generations of Advantage. Multigenerational Correlations in Family Wealth
However, more than a month had passed after the series’ release before Netflix strengthened the graphic content advisories and added a warning about the whole series; this appeared only before the initial episode.
Bolded words replace ‘release of the series’
Bridge JA et al Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2020 Association Between the Release of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and Suicide Rates in the United States: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
We show that Paussus favieri is not only able to mimic ants’ stridulations but can also “speak” three different “languages”, each corresponding to sounds produced by different ant castes, including the queen, to direct host ant behaviours.
Bolded words replace ‘stridulations of ants’
Di Giulio A et al PLOS One 2015 The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours