Apostrophes With Possessive Nouns And Capitalization/Apostrophes With Degree Titles
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- 1.Select the following sentences that use the apostrophe correctly in the word Illinois.
- A.
Illinois' governor is Bruce Rauner.
- B.
Illinois governor is Bruce Rauner.
- C.
Illinois's governor is Bruce Rauner.
- D.
Illinoises governor is Bruce Rauner.
- 2._______ car is faster than mine.
- A.
Joshs
- B.
Joshs'
- C.
Josh's
- D.
Josh'es
- 3.The following is the correct use of the apostrophe in the word engineer.Hundreds of people were standing in front of the convention center for the engineer's conference hosted by GE.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Which of the following sentences uses the apostrophe correctly?
- A.
There is no grass left in the field due to the deers's over-eating.
- B.
There is no grass left in the field due to the deers' over-eating.
- C.
There is no grass left in the field due to the deerses over-eating.
- 5.Choose the sentence that shows that Bob and Melinda each own a laptop.
- A.
Bob and Melinda's laptops were sitting on the table.
- B.
Bob's and Melinda laptops were sitting on the table.
- C.
Bob's and Melinda's laptops were sitting on the table.
- 6.Select the following sentence that correctly writes John's degree.
- A.
John earned his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering in 2013.
- B.
John earned his bachelor of science degree in engineering in 2013.
- C.
John earned his Bachelor of science degree in engineering in 2013.
- D.
John earned his Bachelor's of Science degree in engineering in 2013.
- 7.Choose the sentence that correctly describes the type of general reference.
- A.
Kevin earned his Bachelor's degree last semester.
- B.
Kevin earned his bachelor degree last semester.
- C.
Kevin earned his bachelor's degree last semester.
- D.
Kevin earned his bachelors degree last semester.
- 8.When is it appropriate to use abbreviations for academic degrees (M.S.,B.S.,Ph.D.)?
- A.
When the author is lazy.
- B.
When there is a long list of people with academic degrees.
- C.
When use of the full length word would be cumbersome.
- D.
When multiple academic degrees are possessed by the same person.
- 9.Choose the sentence that correctly shows possession of the boat.
- A.
Carol and my boat is sitting at the dock.
- B.
Carol's and mine boat is sitting at the dock.
- C.
Carol's and my boat is sitting at the dock.
- D.
Carol and mine boat is sitting at the dock.
- 10.Choose the sentence that correctly shows ownership by the Jones family.
- A.
The Jones's house is at the end of the road.
- B.
The Jones' house is at the end of the road.
- C.
The Joneses' house is at the end of the road.
- D.
The Joneses house is at the end of the road.
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