Grammar Cheat Sheet, Exams of Grammar and Composition

Download Grammar Cheat Sheet and more Exams Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! Mr Romance’s Grammar Cheat Sheet Problem area Correct Incorrect Apostrophes Apostrophes for contractions You’re = You are You’re wonderful. Your wonderful. Your = You own something. This is your life. This is you’re life. They’re = They are They’re wonderful. Their/there wonderful. Their = They own something. This is their home. This is they’re/there home. The 1960s The ‘60s. The 60’s / the 60s. She is 20 - 29 years old. She’s in her 20s. She’s in her 20’s. Apostrophes for possession Brian’s = Brian owns something. Apostrophe before the s This is Brain’s turkey sub. This is Brians turkey sub. This is Brians’ turkey sub. The shop’s = One shop owns something. Apostrophe before the s This is the shop’s display. This is the shops display. This is the shops’ display. The shops’ = Two shops own something. Apostrophe after the s These are the shops’ displays. These are the shops displays. These are the shop’s displays. Women’s, children’s, mice’s etc When automatically plural words own something. Apostrophe before the s The women’s shoes. The womens shoes. The womens’ shoes. it’s = it is Apostrophe before the s It’s a lovely day. Its a lovely day. its = it owns something. No apostrophe This is its hiding place. This is it’s hiding place. This is its’ hiding place - this example is impossible. Other apostrophe problems CDs, DVDs = Plural acronyms No apostrophe This place has so many CDs, ATMs, RBTs. This place has so many CD’s / CDs’, ATM’s / ATMs’… Other plurals - no apostrophe I want to eat two pizzas. I want to eat two pizza’s / pizzas’. Everyday vs every day Everyday = a commonplace item. Comes before the object you’re describing and is one word. This is my everyday hat. This is my every day hat.