The apostrophe abbreviates the es (to 's) that used to be part of the English possessive (as it still is on some words that end s)
It’s a bit shit. Lots of people have trouble with it, lots of English as a second language people have trouble with not understanding what is replaced by the apostrophe
We also don’t use apostrophes for plural words.
Speak for yourselv’es
The apostrophe abbreviates the es (to 's) that used to be part of the English possessive (as it still is on some words that end s)
It’s a bit shit. Lots of people have trouble with it, lots of English as a second language people have trouble with not understanding what is replaced by the apostrophe
Plenty of us do, unfortunately!