When students learn about apostrophes in school, they commonly begin to use apostrophes on every word that needs an s. Any plurals and possessives (nouns that show ownership need an apostrophe) Too also Henry went to the farmer's market, too.ģ. Two number Sally bought two plants at the farmer's market. Theirs possessive pronoun The money was theirs. Their possessive pronoun The heirs got their money from their rich uncle. They're contraction- they are They're (they are) going to put the flowers here. There's contraction- there is There's (there is) never enough time to write an essay. There adverb-location Put the flowers here and t here. You're contraction- you are You're (you are) going to get a good report. Yours possessive pronoun Is this notebook yours? Your possessive pronoun This is your notebook. It's contraction- it is It's (it is) too late to go to the movies. Its possessive pronoun The dog wagged its tail. Always read contractions as two words-and you won't make a mistake. Possessive pronouns never have an apostrophe (his, hers, ours, yours, theirs, its)ī. You may find some of these errors on the multiple choice part of the test. Any commonly misspelled word-such as possessive pronouns and common homonyms. Sometimes students hurry to write their essay and don't pay attention to the spelling of these words, and they end up making avoidable spelling mistakes.Ģ. If you do this, please be sure to spell these words correctly. Some students begin their essay by restating key words from the essay prompt. Try not to make spelling errors on words in these following categories.
Some spelling mistakes are worse than other spelling mistakes. In this second case, it is likely that you will not pass the essay test. Second, if your spelling errors prevent the essay reader from understanding what you meant to say, then yes, spelling errors will affect your results. However, if your ideas are well organized, you may still pass the test. First, if you misspell many words in your essay, especially the most commonly misspelled words (see below), it will lower your grade. After all, this is draft writing, and the essay readers don't expect your essay to be perfect given the limited time frame. If you make only make a few spelling mistakes, it will not affect your grade. The answer is sometimes no, sometimes yes. GED prep students often ask, "Does spelling count?"
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