Apostrocises 2
February 26th 2009 05:54
Repetition is a powerful learning tool. It is not always popular - think children reciting multiplication tables. But children also learn to operate DVD players and their remote controls, to play complicated on-line and console games, and to understand many of life's procedures and systems through repetition. Great chefs, carpenters and other artisans, musicians and athletes become skilled through repetition.
English language skills can be learned the same way.
What will be offered here is a series of exercises on apostrophes, teaching through repetition in the same way Bloggercises is already doing with spelling, redundancies and clichés.
Look at the following seven sentences. Apostrophes may or may not be required. Write down the corrected sentences, and then check the answers below. If you are not certain, however, try going to this post first and finding the relevant section, and then the answer. Finding the answer this way will help you remember the rule.
The reds and yellows stand out more, but the blues are my favourites.
Americas 27th president was William Howard Taft.
The Johnsons have a vegetable garden, the Blacks dont.
This mornings newspaper said that tonights game had been cancelled.
The views from its windows are limited.
No prizes for guessing whos entry won.
INTERLUDE
Fantasy art by contemporary Vietnamese artist
Hoang Nguyen. Image: ImagineFX.com
Fantasy art by contemporary Vietnamese artist
Hoang Nguyen. Image: ImagineFX.com
The reds and yellows stand out more, but the blues are my favourites.
America's 27th president was William Howard Taft.
During Taft's years of public service, he held positions as president and as the US Supreme Court's Chief Justice.
The Johnsons have a vegetable garden, the Blacks don't.
This morning's newspaper said that tonight's game had been cancelled.
The views from its windows are limited.
No prizes for guessing whose entry won.
With help from www.washburn.edu and grammar.about.com
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I was unsure on this one: "... the US Supreme Court's Chief Justice." My first reaction was to have no apostrophe.
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I'm glad you like the artwork. I found out about the thriving Vietnamese art scene a few years ago when I was living in Hong Kong. There was a gallery there devoted to Vietnamese art. It really is a marriage of Asian grace and European (French) style.
There are so many fabulous artists in Vietnam today that it has become a big industry. But the art they are producing is no less wonderful for that.
The US Supreme Court's Chief Justice was definitely a tricky one