Grellier And Goerke Apostrophe Analysis

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Grellier and Goerke (2014) emphasis on the proper use of apostrophes as it changes the meaning of the sentence. In addition to this, one of the weaknesses of my writing is that I struggle to apply the appropriate use of apostrophes. Apostrophes add up with a noun to emphasise on possession to demonstrate either singular or plural form (Grellier & Goerke, 2014). For example, Grammarly (https://www.grammarly.com/) explained, if it is a plural form, then a writer should use (s’) with a noun such as students’ whereas if it represents the singular form a writer should use (’s) with a noun such as a student’s. Similarly, I struggle to apply the appropriate use of the semicolon in a sentence. Semicolon usually separates items in a list and join independent

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