Plurals and possessives

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Cynthia Faulkner
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If a guide for writers is written as writers guide with no apostrophe, how would you write a college for teachers?
teachers' college
teachers college
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How would you write the name of the day to commemorate veterans each Nov. 11?
Veterans' Day
Veterans Day
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
AP style pulls a prank on you with a rule exception for apostrophes for this silly holiday on April 1. Which would be correct?
April Fools' Day
April Fools Day
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Apostrophes should be used to indicate that letters or numbers are missing in a contraction, not to make something plural. So, which answer below is correct?
They danced the night away like it was the Roaring '20s.
They danced the night away like it was the Roaring 20's.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Apostrophes should be used to indicate that letters or numbers are missing in a contraction, not to make something plural. So, which answer below is correct?
The Schwartzes loved learning swing dancing at the Ruby Room.
The Schwartzes' loved learning swing dancing at the Ruby Room.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To make a proper name that ends with "y" plural, you add an s. Which then is correct?
There were five Baileys' in my senior class.
There were five Baileys in my senior class.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
To make a single letter plural you add an 's (A's, not As). But, the plural of multiple letters and all numbers is to only add s. Which then is NOT correct?
She needed to make all B's to graduate.
The 2000's was a great decade.
She learned her ABCs early.
Binary language consists of nothing but 1s and 0s.
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