human
I've always been a little confused about what the difference is between a hyphen and an apostrophe. Can you help?
assistant
Sure! The main difference between a hyphen and an apostrophe is that a hyphen is used to join words or parts of words together, while an apostrophe is used to show possession or contraction. For example, in the sentence "The cat's tail was long," the word 'cat's' is connected with the word 'tail', so it uses a hyphen. In the sentence "The dog ate my homework," the word 'dog's' shows ownership of the word 'homework,' so it uses an apostrophe.