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Marilyn Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Apostrophes

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.
  

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1. It's too bad that the hospital's policy prohibits patients, erg, that doesn't work. You must prohibit someone from doing something.

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  • 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.
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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 sonogram
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Oops, forgot to finish. But I have to catch a bus, so I'll leave the rest for everyone else.
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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 surger
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what is the difference between "I wrote" and "I have written"
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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
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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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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. Althoug
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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 w
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Is it possible that someone explain "patients'"? I never saw that before. Plural for "patient's"?
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'Visitor Parking Bays' (in plural)

in abbreviation, should it be:

VPBs

or

VPB's

??

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