Find the Error 13
(Extract adapted from a seaside town's annual carnival brochure)
What kind of mistake do you see? (Choose one:)
- apostrophes
- articles
- doesn't make sense
- punctuation
- singular / plural
- spelling
Answer: apostrophes
This example is alarming because not only does it make an error with a
possessive apostrophe 's' – it makes it worse by repeating the error a further three
times. We learn that 'Hair and Beauty World' (on the High Street) have
provided lots of goods and services for the Carnival Queen. These things now
belong to the Carnival Queen, so we must show this possession – that the
hair, outfit, make-up and shoes belong to her – by using an apostrophe 's'
after 'Carnival Queen' on each of the four occasions it is needed, e.g.
'Carnival Queen's hair', and so on.
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