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Apostrophes and Possessives – www.WritingCare.com

The 42Mini-Lectures on Grammar created in 2003 by the group of Harvard-educated professionals at IvyTown and introduced to the YouTube community in June 2011. Our grammar lectures helped even the 7th graders get above 700 in the SAT writing sections. … Continue reading

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51 – Apostrophes – Part 2

Jane Straus, foremost expert, answers your burning English grammar and punctuation questions. To see the entire contents of The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation online and to take online quizzes, go to www.grammarbook.com

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Avoid Spelling Mistakes

How to avoid spelling mistakes (handwriting) 1-Write the word with the wrong letter larger and put an X through it. (5 times) 2-Write the word with the correct letter larger and circle or underline it (5 times) You slow down … Continue reading

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56 – Apostrophes – Part 5

Jane Straus, foremost expert, answers your burning English grammar and punctuation questions. To see the entire contents of The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation online and to take online quizzes, go to www.grammarbook.com

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Apostrophes 4: Pronouns

Its and it’s: possessive pronouns reliably cause apostrophe confusion. Creon sorts it out. Creon’s Grammar Workshops are a series of short videos on academic writing made from the Learning Skills Centre at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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54 – Apostrophes – Part 4a — with Names

Jane Straus, foremost expert, answers your burning English grammar and punctuation questions. To see the entire contents of The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation online and to take online quizzes, go to www.grammarbook.com

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How To Use Apostrophes

This was made for university as an example of a teaching tool. It was made using photo story 3 and had to teach an aspect of grammar. I chose apostrophes. This would be aimed at year 6s, 7s and 8s … Continue reading

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Grammar & Punctuation : How to Use Apostrophe Worksheets

Use an apostrophe with words to show possession or when using contractions. For the word “it,” do not use an apostrophe to show possession, but do use an apostrophe if it is a contraction. Learn about using apostrophes for plural … Continue reading

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23. The Truth about Apostrophes. English Grammar Lesson

Straight talk from Yossarian the Grammarian about apostrophes and why “the Jones’s house” is wrong and “the Joneses’ house” is right. English grammar

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The Misuse of Apostrophe’s (Steve’s Grammatical Observations #2)

See the Steve’s Grammar DEMO REEL with links to other episodes: www.youtube.com Steve’s Grammatical Observations is now on Facebook: www.facebook.com The apostrophe is being grossly misused, not only to pluralize nouns, but most recently in the 3rd person conjugation of … Continue reading

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