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Directions: Decide whether apostrophe usage is correct or incorrect:
Headline: Princess' sleep interrupted by lumpy mattress
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Headline: Princess' soothsayer touched by children's letters of sympathy
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Headline: Mattress' stitching ripped out by princess's aide
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[Headline about a king visiting a family named Ness]: King Charles' advisers suggest two weeks' vacation at Nesses' villa
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Headline: Commissioner Katz's reaction unprintable
Directions: Examine the underlined word in the following sentence. Is it the right word for the job? If so, is it spelled correctly?
Here, the burden of Hollywood-style budgets and Hollywood stardom, as well as his age, are showing.
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She described the Dvorak as one of those sweeping, romantic concertos that comes down to the soloist versus the orchestra.
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The current fluorescent lighting does neither wood nor skin tones any favors.
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An outstanding record of academic accomplishments that commands the respect of the academic world is the No. 1 criterion offered up by the Faculty Senate.
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[Headline:] President tries bipartisan tack on Iraq