1. Grammar Concept #1 – Basic Appositives Grammar Concept #2 – Advanced Appositives Grammar Concept #3 – Its vs. It’s Grammar Concept #4 – Apostrophes Are Not Plural Grammar Concept #5 – Colons It’s = it is Its = belonging to it Chair’s = chair is Chairs = multiple chairs Dog’s = dog is or belonging to the dog Dogs = multiple dogs Colons are used in two primary ways: revealing an answer or writing out a list of items. LIST - I grew up with four brothers: Jack, Dan, Josh, and David. REVEALING AN ANSWER: He knew of only one girl he wanted to date: Elizabeth. Don’t place a colon after any of the following words: am, are, is, have