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isisalaska · Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:55 pm

I knwo that the apostrephe it is used to denotate posession, is there any other case? I have an examples
231. Cut-paper design, a popular pastime of Colonial women, became an art form in the hands of Abigail Lefferts Lloyd, a Revolutionary War heroine.
(A) design, a popular pastime of colonial women, became an art form in the hands of
(B) design, a popular Colonial women's pastime, and it became an art form in the hands of
(C) design was a popular pastime for Colonial women, then it became an art form in the hands of
(D) design is a popular pastime of Colonial women that has become an art form by
(E) design, the popular Colonial pastime, became an art form for

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aim-wsc · Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:02 pm

so?
wheres the problem?

a boy's bicycles
boys' bicycles

a woman's bicycles
women's bicycles

do you want us to explain the problem or discuss about the Apostrophe 's?

you might want to have a look at following thread http://www.beatthegmat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1008

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isisalaska · Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:07 pm

More like a discussion
I know the right answer is A but I was wondering why is not B
I will take a look at teh link. Thanks!

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Stacey Koprince · Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:30 pm

answer B is really wrong b/c of the "and" - and is a coordinating conjunction and connects two complete sentences. The first half "Cut-paper design, a popular Colonial women's pastime" is not a sentence. "colonial women's pastime" is also incredibly awkward - you have to think for a minute to understand what they're saying. Spacing it out (as answer A does) is much better.

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magical cook · Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:17 pm

Hi,

I am just wondering why E) is wrong.... Is it because of "the" instead of "a" popular desing??

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Stacey Koprince · Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:57 pm

E drops "women" as a qualifier and seems to say it was popular with everyone. Also, it says that the pastime became an art form "for" a particular woman, but it didn't become an art form for her; it became an art form because of her.

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Cybermusings · Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:09 am

D; incorrect usage of verb
C; misleading sequence of events
E; should not use the article "the"
B; no need to use the word "and"
Hence A

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