1. Explain your topic/concept in your own words
2. Explain its purpose in writing clearly
3. Describe what happens in writing when it is used incorrectly
4. Describe common errors
5. Give examples of errors from your essay
6. Show how you fixed each error
7. Be clear and concise
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1.Apostrophes are used to show possession. Depending on the noun, the placement of the apostrophes varies. Apostrophes are also used to replace letters in a contraction.
ReplyDelete2.The purpose of apostrophes is to show possession and to form contractions. It makes writing clearer. Without apostrophes, it would be difficult to show possession in writing and there would be no contractions, meaning that words like won’t would have to be written as would not.
3.When apostrophes are used incorrectly, confusion ensues. Writing in general wouldn’t be as concise. Writing wouldn’t be specific either. If a sentence is talking about a specific cat, but it read “the cats tail,” it would be impossible to tell which cat it was referring to. If the sentence read “the cat’s tail,” we know that it is in reference to one cat.
4.Common errors are usually found in conjunctions. It is usually a silly little mistake, like someone forgetting to add the apostrophe in won’t or don’t or something of that sort.
5.Examples:
Conjunction and Possessive misuse
Being guilty by Petliers terms isnt the same as being guilty of a crime, but just for actions in general.
The correct way to write the sentence would have been: Being guilty by Petlier’s terms isn’t the same as being guilty of a crime, but just for actions in general.
Plural Nouns ending in s
The dogs’s ball is brown.
The correct way to use an apostrophe on a word that is plural would be to just add an apostrophe, after the final s in the word instead of another s: The dogs’ ball is brown.
Nesma Annr and Boris Sukharlev
ReplyDelete1. Apostrophes are used to show possession and are used when forming two words together (Contractions).
2. Its purpose is to make writing more clear and concise. It makes the reader understand possessions and the contractions.
3. When apostrophes are used incorrectly, it takes away from the writing often confusing the reader.
4. Common Errors: It’s and Its – One is a contraction (it and is combined by an apostrophe).
Example: It’s sunny outside.
Its purpose is to make the writing clearer.
Common errors in possession: Many people don’t add an apostrophe when a noun is a
possessive plural.
Example: The classes are large.
The team’s
5. Examples of errors from our Essays:
-Mr. Jones’s
Examples of errors from our essays:
ReplyDelete1. The handmaid’s are given the color red.
-This sentence is wrong because an apostrophe is used when no possession is included in the sentence. The apostrophe shouldn’t be in the sentence.
Correction: The handmaids are given the color red.
2. Mr. Jones’ farm was taken over by animals.
-The apostrophe used in this sentence is wrong because (s’) is supposed to be used when dealing with a noun that is possessive and plural. For example: The boys’ dog. This example shows how many boys have one dog.
Correction: Mr. Jones’s farm was taken over by animals.
-The (’s) is used because Mr. Jones is one person and the farm belongs to him.