Exercise 57.2 Using apostrophes where appropriate

EXERCISE 57.2

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 Reeds church.accept_blank_answers: truepoints: 10

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

    I heard the songs and the minister saying: “Why dont you come?”accept_blank_answers: truepoints: 10

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

    Finally Westley said to me in a whisper: . . .“Im tired of sitting here. Lets get up and be saved.”accept_blank_answers: truepoints: 10

    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. . . .

    So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, Id better lie. . . .accept_blank_answers: truepoints: 10

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

    That night . . . I cried, in bed alone, and couldnt stop.accept_blank_answers: truepoints: 10

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