| #1 | A. The Gators wish they had 10 Tim Tebow's. |
| B. The Gators wish they had 10 Tim Tebows. | |
| #2 | A. Tebows' skills are pure awesomeness. |
| B. Tebows skills are pure awesomeness. | |
| C. Tebow's skills are pure awesomeness. | |
| #3 | A. All little boys' dreams involve playing Gator football. |
| B. All little boys dreams involve playing Gator football. | |
If you chose B for #1, C for #2, and A for #3, congratulations! If you did not select the correct answers, click here to review.
Week 5, Lesson 5, as promised, addresses the apostrophe as it relates to contractions and the dreaded its vs. it's dilemma. Okay, basic review of contractions: two words combined to make one. For example: it is = it’s, is not = isn’t, you are = you’re, he is = he’s …and many, many more. As you can see, when you combine them, the apostrophe replaces the missing letter. Easy, peasy.
Now, here's the thing:
- It’s only has an apostrophe if it is used as a contraction. Only! “Hollywood discovered it’s Golden Boy in Jake Gyllenhaal,” should be “Hollywood discovered its Golden Boy in Jake Gyllenhaal.”
- When its is used for possession, no apostrophe is necessary. Ever! “Its unfortunate that Jake has not discovered me, yet,” should be “It’s unfortunate that Jake has not discovered me, yet.”
- Same with any possessive pronouns. There’s no such thing as your’s or our’s. Not ever! “Our’s would be a whirlwind romance like no other,” should be “Ours would be a whirlwind romance like no other.”
If you can take away one thing from this lesson, let it be this: just because you see an “s” does NOT mean an apostrophe will make a good date. Be careful in your matchmaking! For more information to make your brain explode, check out this apostrophe usage flowchart. Until next week.....Love, The Grammar Police
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