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The apostrophe denotes an abbreviation.
The confusion often comes in the genititve case (old english added an extra e, which we no longer pronounce, and have therefore abbreviated - hence the apostrophe). So what in olden times used to be 'Jameses' became James's (or for ease, James').
So just think - is there a letter / letters missing? If so use an apostrophe. If not don't.
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