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Curriculum content descriptions
use commas to indicate prepositional phrases, and apostrophes where there is multiple possession (AC9E5LA09)
Elaborations
- learning that in Standard Australian English, regular plural nouns ending in “s” form the possessive by adding just the apostrophe; for example, “the students classroom”
- learning that in Standard Australian English for proper nouns, the regular possessive form is always possible but a variant form without the second “s” is sometimes found; for example, “James’s house” or “James’ house”
- learning that when there is more than one owner, the apostrophe is usually used for the last owner in the list; for example, “the cat and kitten’s bowls”
- using commas to signal a prepositional phrase; for example, “On Saturday, before it rained we went to the beach.”
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