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Tip #469: Do not mistake ...

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Tip #469:  Do not mistake a descriptive form ending in "s" for a possessive form.

For example:

sales effort

savings account

news release

earnings record.

Weekly Exercise:

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This week’s quiz:

Correct the possessive forms. Which is correct?
  1. Matisse's or Mattisses paintings are beautiful.
  2. A two week's or two weeks vacation is planned.
  3. IBM's or IBMs product line is being released.

Quote of the week:

"Trouble is usually produced by those who don't produce much of anything else." (Unknown)

My Answer:

  1. Matisse's paintings are beautiful.

  2. A two week's vacation is planned.

  3. IBM's product line is being released.

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, author, Lynne Truss The Everything Resume Book by Steven Graber
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction , by William Knowlton Zinsser  The Gregg Reference Manual, by William A. Sabin 
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, White, E. B. White  How to Take the Fog Out of Business Writing, by Robert Gunning, Richard A. Kallan (Contributor) 

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