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OpenStudy (anonymous):

For the following sentence: a. state the function of the apostrophe and b. rewrite the sentence without using an apostrophe "He was at his wit's end."

OpenStudy (darthsid):

The function of the apostrophe is to denote a possessive noun here as well (his wit's = of his wit) You can rewrite it without an apostrophe like this: "He was at the end of his wit."

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okayyyyyyyyyy. Thank you sooooooo much.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and one more thing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please fill this blank in

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the high mountains are also raked ____ blizzards. into/by/of

OpenStudy (darthsid):

What do you think is the correct answer?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well i think 'by'

OpenStudy (darthsid):

That's correct :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohh yayy!! thank you

OpenStudy (darthsid):

The Purdue OWL site has a great page on prepositions, you should check it out. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/1/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Alrighty.

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