Apostrophes

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Marilyn

#4228 Wed, 13 Aug 03 05:31 PM

Insert apostrophes as appropriate in the follwoing sentences, or none if none is need.

1. Its too bad that the hospitals policy prohibits patients access to their own medical records.

2. Two sonograms were compatible with a fetus of 30 weeks gestation.

3 .On x-ray examination. the femur showed a fracture in its most distal portion of approximately two weeks duration.

4. Dr. Howards consultation was recieved two days before the pantients surgery was scheduled.

5. Although its clear that the genus has been identified, the species has not.

Marilyn

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Apostrophes

kitkattail

#4245 Wed, 13 Aug 03 06:51 PM

1. It's too bad that the hospital's policy prohibits patients, erg, that doesn't work. You must prohibit someone from doing something. So do either of these two things:
It's too bad that the hospital's policy prohibits patients from accessing their own medical records.
It's too bad that the hospital's policy limits patients' access to their own medical records.

2. Two sonograms were compatible with a fetus of 30 weeks' gestation.

3. On the X-ray examination, the femur showed a fracture in its most distal portion of approximately two weeks' duration.
(This is ambiguous, though. Do you mean that the femure was fractured two weeks ago? Then say something like, "On the X-ray examination, the femur showed in its most distal portion a fracture that was approximately two weeks old.")

kitkattail

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kitkattail

#4246 Wed, 13 Aug 03 06:52 PM

Oops, forgot to finish. But I have to catch a bus, so I'll leave the rest for everyone else.

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Woodward

#4247 Wed, 13 Aug 03 06:53 PM

1. It's too bad that the hospital's policy prohibits patients' access to their own medical records.

2. Two sonograms were compatible with a fetus of 30 weeks' gestation.

3 .On x-ray examination, the femur showed a fracture in its most distal portion of approximately two weeks' duration.

4. Dr. Howard's consultation was received two days before the patient's surgery was scheduled.

5. Although it's clear that the genus has been identified, the species has not.

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nabil

#7290 Sun, 07 Sep 03 09:28 AM

what is the difference between "I wrote" and "I have written"

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Difference between

charujena

#8520 Fri, 19 Sep 03 08:41 AM

1. It's too bad that the hospital's policy prohibits patients' access to their own medical records.

2. Two sonograms were compatible with a fetus of 30 weeks' gestation.

3. On x-ray examination. the femur showed a fracture in its most distal portion of approximately two weeks duration.

4. Dr. Howard's consultation was recieved two days before the pantients surgery was scheduled.

5. Although it's clear that the genus has been identified, the species has not.

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Kompal

#8529 Fri, 19 Sep 03 11:39 AM

oooooooooo *whistles*

Nabil> "I have written" means that I am done with it now and I have done it...while I wrote means that I did somethingbefore sometime.... it might be in the morning or yesterday...or................
ummm dunno how to explain...
:(

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mayin747

#9044 Thu, 25 Sep 03 06:19 AM

1. It's too bad that the hospital's policy prohibits patients access to their own medical records.
2. Two sonograms were compatible with fetus of 30 weeks gestation.
3. On x-ray examination, the femur showed a fracture in its most distal portion of approximately two weeks.
4. Dr. Howard's consultation was received two days before the patient's surgery was scheduled.
5. Although it's clear that the genus has been identified, the species has not.

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mayin747

#9064 Thu, 25 Sep 03 12:41 PM

It's too bad that the hospital's policy prohibits patients access to their own medical records.

2. Two sonograms were compatible with a fetus of 30 weeks gestation.

3 .On x-ray examination. the femur showed a fracture in it's most distal portion of approximately two week's duration.

4. Dr. Howard's consultation was recieved two days before the pantient's surgery was scheduled.

5. Although it's clear that the genus has been identified, the species has not.

mayin747

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