Question

question 1 of 12, step 1 of 1

does this sentence have correct apostrophe usage? select the best answer.

at a gathering of local bloggers, a yelp employee shared the sites new features.

answer

no, the apostrophe usage is incorrect.
yes, the apostrophe usage is correct.

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Apostrophes for Possession and Plurality
Showing ownership vs. simple plurals

Step 1: Identify words with apostrophes and plural nouns

We need to analyze the sentence:
"At a gathering of local bloggers, a Yelp employee shared the site's new features."

Let's look at the nouns in question:

• bloggers: This is a simple plural noun (more than one blogger). It does not own anything in this sentence, so it correctly has no apostrophe.
• site's: This is a singular possessive noun. The "new features" belong to the "site" (Yelp). To show singular possession, we add 's.

Step 2: Evaluate the correctness of the usage

• "bloggers" is correctly written without an apostrophe because it is just plural.
• "site's" is correctly written with an apostrophe before the "s" because the features belong to the single site.

Since both words are used correctly, the apostrophe usage in the sentence is correct.

Answer:

Yes, the apostrophe usage is correct.