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Common Punctuation Mistakes 5 - 8

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Common Punctuation Mistakes 5 - 8

Theory:

5 The Mistake:

I have six dog's.

The Correction:

I have six dogs.

The Reason:

Apostrophes are only used for missing letters and possessives, but never for plurals.


6 The Mistake:

Its not funny because that's it's bone.

The Correction:

It's not funny because that's its bone.

The Reason:

It's = it is, and its is the possessive.


7 The Mistake:

We have "the best prices".

The Correction:

We have the best prices.

The Reason:

Quotation marks should not be used if there is no quote.


8 The Mistake:

David said that "he wouldn't come today."

The Correction:

David said that he wouldn't come today.

The Reason:

Quotation marks should not be used for a paraphrased sentence.


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