Dear parents, this morning at 7am, I went through the topic on application of the Apostrophe with the girls. Prior to this, I have noticed that the girls were unable to understand the need/purpose of using the apostrophe and hence not able to use them correctly. Below are some common mistakes.
- These boys' are the drivers sons.
- These boys are the drivers' sons.
- The childrens' computers are spoilt.
- The children's computers are spoilt.
- These are my youngest's sister books.
- These are my youngest sister's books.
- These boys' are Joan friends.
- These boys are Joan's friends.
Some of the girls have difficulties identifying the categories of things/people in the sentence and therefore, unable to correctly identify the ownership of things to people or people to people.
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