Question

Is there anyone that can tell me when you would know to use a comma above the last letter of the word?

Answer 1

Do you mean an apostrophe?

Answer 2

Well, if you mean the apostrophe, it would be used in a plural possessive such as, the students' essays.

You can see other uses of the apostrophe here:

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

Answer 3

You should also include an apostrophe if you drop any letters from the end of the word, such as in colloquial speech.

Answer 4

Yes that's what i mean't. I just don't understand when it is time to use them during the particular sentence. They are used on some words and not on others.

Answer 5

what makes students a plural possessive
or weeks was one of the words also

Answer 6

Well, there are a few exceptions, but you have to be able to recognize when something is plural and when it is possessive. Most of the time, plural possessives will have an apostrophe on the end.

Answer 7

The plural must have an s on the end, and it must be possessive for the apostrophe to be added to the end. Children's toys is an example of a plural possessive where the apostrophe isn't at the end because you wouldn't say, "There are a bunch of childrens over there." There is no s on the end of that plural.

Answer 8

Students is plural because there is more than one.

It is possessive because we are talking about their essays. The students' essays.

Answer 9

What do you mean by possessive

Answer 10

How was weeks used?

Answer 11

Got booted out. Server problems apparently.

Possessive means that an object is "owned" or "possessed" by the person/thing/noun. It doesn't have to be a tangible object, and they don't necessarily have to "own" it; "own is just a concept. Here are some examples,

my house
their tacos
his fight

When a specific person or noun is named, there is usually an apostrophe involved, as in,

Stephanie's glasses
Arnold's knowledge
the twins' matching shirts
the dog's bowl
the bell's sound

The apostrophe will be at the end when there is something "owned" by more than one thing/person/noun that would normally end in an s. For example, if we were talking about more than one bell, it would be,

the bells' sounds

More than one child, though, doesn't end in s as a plural, so it would be,

the children's party

Hope that helps and the reply didn't come too late.