To not understand this homework! Please help!

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ThatEdgyHedgehog · 02/05/2024 12:16

Please help, I am trying to help (or at least I was last night) with this apostrophe task. I thought I understood. It seems I do not.

In the forest, the wolves' howls’ echoed as the trees' branches’ swayed in the wind. Underground, in the foxes' home, they huddled together to get warm. In the trees’, the squirrel’s feet pattered as they scrambled up and down the branches’ looking for food.

Is that correct? Why does branches have an apostrophe? Howls'?

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takealettermsjones · 02/05/2024 12:19

It should be:

In the forest, the wolves' howls echoed as the trees' branches swayed in the wind. Underground, in the foxes' home, they huddled together to get warm. In the trees, the squirrels' feet pattered as they scrambled up and down the branches looking for food.

Assuming there are several wolves, trees, foxes and squirrels. If any of these are singular then it changes.

XiCi · 02/05/2024 12:19

Ah yes, I imagine the task was to remove the incorrect ones

crumblingschools · 02/05/2024 12:19

Some of those apostrophes are wrong, which I assume is the task. Or is this the answer (which is wrong!)

KittyCollar · 02/05/2024 12:18

The only correct apostrophe is the one after foxes

XiCi · 02/05/2024 12:18

There are a lot of errors in that paragraph if that's what you mean

idontlikealdi · 02/05/2024 12:18

If the task was to place apostrophes it is very wrong.

curlywurlymum · 02/05/2024 12:18

I’m guessing the task is to remove / correct the apostrophes?

piglet81 · 02/05/2024 12:18

Some of those apostrophes are correct and some are not. Is the task to identify he correct ones?

Brendabigbaps · 02/05/2024 12:17

What was the task?

WheelySquirrel · 02/05/2024 12:17

What was the actual task?

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