apostrophes

[Sterling]

Will you please check me
Insert Apostrophes
1. I can’t find the consultant’s report anywhere.
2. The teams new uniform’s weren’t sewn properly.
3. Doesn’t that store sell women’s jewelry?
4. The horse’s owner wouldn’t sell them for any price.
5. Can’t you pick up Stephanie’s car for her at the repair shop?

[oishii]

Will you please check me
Insert Apostrophes
1. I can’t find the consultant’s report anywhere.
2. The teams new uniform’s weren’t sewn properly.
3. Doesn’t that store sell women’s jewelry?
4. The horse’s owner wouldn’t sell them for any price.
5. Can’t you pick up Stephanie’s car for her at the repair shop?



Hi Sterling,

The only errors I found were in #2. It was the 'uniforms' (plural) that belonged to the team. Therefore, 'team' should have the apostrophe and not 'uniform'.

2. The team's new uniforms weren’t sewn properly.

Otherwise, nicely done!


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[Pete]

Will you please check me
Insert Apostrophes
1. I can’t find the consultant’s report anywhere.
2. The teams new uniform’s weren’t sewn properly.
3. Doesn’t that store sell women’s jewelry?
4. The horse’s owner wouldn’t sell them for any price.
5. Can’t you pick up Stephanie’s car for her at the repair shop?

1 - OK.

2 - The word "uniforms" is a simple plural, not a possessive; it has no apostrophe. However, we are speaking of the uniforms that belong to a team or to several teams (we can't tell which is intended, but I'd guess that the creator of the question had a single team in mind). Thus that word should be
- team's (singular) or - teams' (plural).

3 - OK.

4 - The pronoun "them" was almost certainly intended to have "horses" as an antecedent. Thus "horses" is plural, and the possessive form is:
- horses'