Grammar Time!

Morning, kids!

Ready for your Saturday morning lesson?

Yeay!

You owe today's subject to Steve's classic mistake on FB yesterday, which I quote below. So - (grinning and clapping happily) - thanks, Steve!

Now -

Your first task, m'dears, is to detect the boo-boo before carrying on with the lesson, OK?

Ready?

Here goes:

So far: Russian nobility misbehaving and complaining about Napoleon, lot's of characters, many of them called Anna but with different last names, one young guy is called Pierre and hasn't yet decided on his career... will keep updating as things gain clarity.




Lesson 1

Apostrophe + "s"


Your next task: how many apostrophes are missing from the following text?

Hi, hows it going? Look, theres a party at Steves place. Hes invited some musicians round. Toms going, and his flatmate, whats her name, Tracy. Shes a guitarist and shes got a great voice. Its been ages since I went to Steves. Its going to be lots of fun. Hes cooking a curry and hes got some beers in, but lets take a bottle too. Theres an off-licence thats just opened near Toms, its called Joes Wines. Lets meet there at 7. OK, see you later.


How many do you think?


You sure?


There should be 20.


Now:


Go back to each 's and decide whether it's


1) An abbreviation of is
2) An abbreviation of has
3) An abbreviation of us, or
4) A possessive 's 


The latter not to be confused, of course, with possessive pronouns (his, hers, its and so on).

So! How'd you fare?