1pmEng 102 Verbs Apostrophes Reteach

7/29/2019 1pmEng 102 Verbs Apostrophes Reteach

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Whenever possible avoid the passive voice

and use the active voice

› Makes writing crisper, more lively, moreconcise

Avoid or replace be verbs› be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been

The fly ball was caught by Hernando.Hernando caught the fly ball.



Use the active voice unless you have a

good reason for choosing the passive.

› In active, the subject does the action

› In passive, the subject receives the action

Mostly scientific writing

The settlers stripped the land of timber.

The land was stripped of timber by the settlers.



Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy

sentences

As a rule, choose a subject that names theperson or thing doing the action.



Use an apostrophe to indicate that a noun is

possessive

The hat of Tim

Tim’s hat

The desk of the lawyersThe lawyers’ desk

The camper of Joyce and Greg

Joyce and Greg’s camper The memoir of my father-in-law

My father-in-law’s memoir



Use an apostrophe and – s to indicate that anindefinite pronoun is possessive (everyone,someone, no one, something)

The raincoat of someone

Someone’s raincoat



Use an apostrophe to mark omissions in

contractions and numbersIt’s = it is

Its

_____ raining outside.Each area had _____ own desk.

Use an apostrophe to mark omissions of thefirst two digits of a year or years

The class of ‘08

The ‘60s generation (notice it isn’t ‘60’s)



Do not use an apostrophe to form the plural ofnumbers, letters, abbreviations, and wordsmentioned as words

Oksana skated nearly perfect figure 8s.

The 1920s are known as the Jazz age.

He received two Ds for the first time in his life.Beginning readers often confuse b’s and d’s.

Students with straight A’s earn high honors.

The I’s in the sign are crooked.

There are exceptions for J’s, j’s, P’s, and p’s.Harriet has thirty DVDs on her desk.

We’ve heard enough maybes.

We’ve heard enough “maybe’s.”



Avoid common misuses of the apostrophe.

Some outpatient’s have special parking permits.

The House on Mango Street was written by Sandra Cisneros, whose work focuses on theLatino community in the United States.



11. Write five active verbs. Write five passiveverbs.

12. Give three examples of when to use

–’s. Give three examples of when to use

–s’. Give three examples of when NOT to use

an apostrophe.



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