This one crazy trick that solved all my “apostrophical” errors:
After no fewer than 15 years of teaching English Literature, I happened upon this gem, which makes perfect sense to me. Don’t talk about the apostrophe, talk about the word that doesn’t have one, doesn’t need one, shouldn’t get one.
Use this example:
she – hers
he – his
you – yours
it – its
we – ours
they — theirs (maybe not this one…)
I freaking LOVE having low-level students play hangman for “apostrophe” and then watching their faces when I tell them that long word means that teeny-tiny mark.
This one crazy trick that solved all my “apostrophical” errors:
After no fewer than 15 years of teaching English Literature, I happened upon this gem, which makes perfect sense to me. Don’t talk about the apostrophe, talk about the word that doesn’t have one, doesn’t need one, shouldn’t get one.
Use this example:
she – hers
he – his
you – yours
it – its
we – ours
they — theirs (maybe not this one…)
I freaking LOVE having low-level students play hangman for “apostrophe” and then watching their faces when I tell them that long word means that teeny-tiny mark.