In which one of the following sentences is the apostrophe used correctly?

Question

a. It's up to you to decide what to do.
b. The fruit salad was made from apple's. orange's. and banana's.
c. The cat licked it's paws while the dog watched.
d. Is this hat your's?

Answer 1

Well, everyone got the answer right, but here's a little explanation of why:

The apostrophe before the S is given to denote a contraction for 'It is...' Apostrophes are never used to indicate possession as in the 'paws of the cat' after 'IT'

A is correct because the statement indicates a contraction of the two words.

B is incorrect because the use of the letter S is to denote plurals of apple, orange and banana

C is incorrect because apostrophes before an S never denote possession after 'it', The cat's paws IS correct, but never it's paws...

D is incorrect because no such use of your's exists in the English language, ('your is...' is incorrect speech)

Answer 2

a

see the link on apostrophe usage

Answer 3

a

Answer 4

a. It's up to you to decide what to do- is correct