NSString *emailRegex = @"^\\w+((\\-\\w+)|(\\.\\w+)|(\\'\\w+))*@\\w+((\\.|\\-)\\w+)*.\\w+$";
NSPredicate *emailPredicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex];
if(![emailPredicate evaluateWithObject:username])
{
..........
}