EXERCISE 42.2

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.
    There was a big revival at my Auntie Reed’s church.

  2. I heard the songs and the minister saying: “Why dont you come?”
    I heard the songs and the minister saying: “Why don’t you come?”

  3. Finally Westley said to me in a whisper:…“Im tired o sitting here. Lets get up and be saved.”
    Finally Westley said to me in a whisper: . . . “I’m tired o’ sitting here. Let’s get up and be saved.”

  4. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, Id better lie….
    So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I’d better lie. . . .

  5. That night…I cried, in bed alone, and couldnt stop.
    That night . . . I cried, in bed alone, and couldn’t stop.