Exercise 38.2

EXERCISE 38.2

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.

    Exercise 38.2: There was a big revival at my Auntie Reeds church.
  2. I heard the songs and then the minister saying: “Why dont you come?”

    Exercise 38.2: I heard the songs and then 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.”

    Exercise 38.2: Finally Westley said to me in a whisper:…“Im tired o sitting here. Lets get up and be saved.”
  4. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, Id better lie….

    Exercise 38.2: So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, Id better lie….
  5. That night…I cried, in bed alone, and couldnt stop.

    Exercise 38.2: That night…I cried, in bed alone, and couldnt stop.