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1、ACTEnglish考试策略技巧Strategy1:ApostrophesAnapostropheisusedtoformapossessiveoracontraction.Checkforthefollowingcommonapostropheerrors.Thebracketedparentheticaldemonstratesthecorrectuse.PossessiveNouns1.Singularpossessivenouns.Use'stoshowthatasingularnounispossessive[thedefendant'smotion].Youca

2、napplythisruleevenwhenthesingularnounalreadyendsin"s"(Charles'scostume)thoughmanywritersaddonlytheapostrophe[Charles'shoes].2.Pluralpossessivenounsnotendingin"s."Use'stoshowthatapluralnounnotendingin"s"ispossessive[thechildren'stoy].3.Pluralpossessivenounsendingin"s."Addonlyanapostrophetom

3、akepluralnounspossessive[theboys'game].4.Nounsthatarenotpossessive.Donotaddanapostrophetoanounthatisnotpossessive[theteachers(notteacher'sorteachers')haveclaimed;theJoneses(notJones'orJones's)didnotattend].PossessivePersonalPronounsvs.ContractionsApostropheerrorswithpossessivepersonalprono

4、unsarecommonbecausepossessivepersonalpronounsindicatepossessionandweareusedtousingapostrophestoindicatepossession.Alsopossessivepersonalpronounsareeasilyconfusedwithcontractions.Herearethebasicrules:5.Possessivepersonalpronouns.Donotaddanapostrophetoapossessivepronoun[theproblemishers(noth

5、er's);thecorporationmustdiscloseits(notit's)assets.]6.Contractions.Douseanapostropheinacontraction(it'stimetogo;you'retheone).*Watchespeciallyforerrorsinusing"it's"or"its."Rememberthat"it's"means"itis"and"its"indicatesownership.Confusingthesetwowordsisthemostcommonapostropheerror.Strategy2

6、:CommaErrorsCommasarealsomajortroublemakers.Watchforthesesituations:1.Useacommatoseparatetwoindependentclausesjoinedwithacoordinatingconjunction(and,or,but,nor,so,for).[Thechildagreed,buttheparentobjected].2.Useasemicolonoraperiod,notacomma,toseparatetwoindependentclausesnotjoinedbyacoordi

7、natingconjunction[Thechildagreed;however,theparentobjected.].Thefollowingtransitionalwordsandphrasesareconjunctiveadverbs,notconjunctions:accordingly/howeveralso/moreover/consequently/ontheotherhandforexample/otherwise/forinstance/similarly/furthermore/therefo