Exercise 50.2 Using apostrophes where appropriate

The following sentences, from which all apostrophes have been deleted, appear in Langston Hughes’s “Salvation.” Insert apostrophes where appropriate. Example:

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  1. There was a big revival at my Auntie Reeds church.

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    There was a big revival at my Auntie Reeds church.
  2. I heard the songs and the minister saying: “Why dont you come?”

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    I heard the songs and the minister saying: “Why dont you come?”
  3. Finally Westley said to me in a whisper: . . .“Im tired o sitting here. Lets get up and be saved.”

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    Finally Westley said to me in a whisper: . . .“Im tired of sitting here. Lets get up and be saved.”
  4. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, Id better lie. . . .

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    So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, Id better lie. . . .
  5. That night . . . I cried, in bed alone, and couldnt stop.

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    That night . . . I cried, in bed alone, and couldnt stop.