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Come On Apostrophe Police, Try This Quiz.
I got 8 out of 10. Can you better that ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.9/10 for me but the one I got wrong seems to relate to a 'style guide', rather than to a 'rule of grammar'. It was the one about the possessive form of 'Jesus', which I well remember our English teacher testing us on when I was about 13. Apparently Mr Hewitt's answer to the question is no longer the correct one!
I agree with Buenchico. I know what style guides say but to me there's no logic in writing Jesus' disciples when we say Jesus's disciples. I can see a cases for Achilles' heel because that's how we say it.
There's also some debate about the Harris one. I prefer to say Richard Harriss's wives but there are some who would refer to Charles Dickens's famous novel Christmas Carol and some would write Charles Dickens' famous novel.
I know we say Ps and Qs but it can look odd to say As and Is.
Does anyone know what is the possessive of gateaux?
The fictional Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe
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morphed into the very real Apostrophe Protection Society (which I'm proud to be a member of):
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(Click on 'Examples' and then on 'Latest', or on one of the 'Archive' links, to see some classic errors!)
Yes, I bought 'The Daily Mail' just for Keith Waterhouse. 'The Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe' was wonderful! I once saw a poster outside a Travel Agent's in Bingley advertising flights from Leed's/Bradford airport!
I always approached teaching about apostrophes with slight apprehension. No matter how clear and slow and steady I was, kids started just 'decorating' their writing!
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