Exercise: 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.

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  1. Question

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    There was a big revival at my Auntie Reeds church.

  2. Question

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

  3. Question

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

  4. Question

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    So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, Id better lie. . . .

  5. Question

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