Complete the comma exercise on p. 221. Do numbers 1-10. Review pp. 211-212 first.
Please complete the Apostrophe Worksheet below. Review Apostrophe rules on p. 231.
from Exercises for The Everyday Writer, Third Edition, by Lex Runciman and Carolyn Lengel (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005)
45.1 Using apostrophes to signal possession
Complete each of the following sentences by inserting ’s or an apostrophe alone to form
the possessive case of the italicized words. (See The Everyday Writer, pp. 335–336.)
Example:
Many Internet scare stories are nothing but old wives tales.
1. Internet rumors circulate widely because of people good intentions.
2. Recipients who pass on messages want everyone to hear about a child inspiring fight
against cancer or about some dangerous drug, product, or disease.
3. The Internet power to inform is great, but so is its power to play tricks on unsuspecting
people.
4. A hoax creators count on recipients kind hearts and concern for the well-being of their
families and friends.
5. Consumers fears fuel some of the Internet medical scares.
6. Have you heard the one about how deodorants ingredients supposedly clog your pores
and cause cancer?
7. Another scare warned that sugar substitutes caused the body immune system to
malfunction.
8. Some of these scares are probably intended to damage certain corporations reputations
by spreading rumors about products.
9. Others, like the one about checking your toilet seat to be sure it has not become
a deadly spider hiding place, probably begin as jokes.
10. The Internet speed has made such anonymous rumors spread more rapidly than
anyone would have thought possible twenty years ago.
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