Apostrophes to Show Possession
Note that this is as much an exercise on identifying clauses as it is on apostrophes. 1. He {at first} supposed [DO that his daughter's marriage had taken place yesterday]. | _____________the marriage of his daughter_______________________2. [Adv. (condition) to "can see" If a girl, doll [#1] or no doll [#1], swoons {within a yard or two} {of a man's nose}], he can see it (DO) {without a perspective-glass}. | _____________________the nose of a man_______________________3. He looked {like his illustration} [#2], [Adv. (time) to "looked" as he raised his
eyes (DO)
{to Mr. Lorry's face}].
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_____________________the face of Mr. Lorry_____________________4. [Adv. (comparison) to "so" As a whirlpool {of boiling waters} has a centre point (DO)], so, all this raging circled {round Defarge's wine-shop}. | ________________the wine-shop of Defarge_______________________
weighs {on the sufferer's mind}]." | ________________the mind of the sufferer_________________________6. It was almost morning (PN), [Adv. (time) to "was" when Defarge's wine-shop parted {with its last knot} {of customers}]. | ________________the wine-shop of Defarge_______________________7. [Adv. (condition) to "must" Whatever might befall now], he must on {to his journey's end}. | ___________________the end of his journey_______________________8. He stood {at Mr. Cruncher's elbow} as negligently [Adv. (comparison) to "as" as he might have stood {at the Old Bailey itself [#3] }]. | ___________________the elbow of Mr. Cruncher__________________9. They returned home [NuA] {to breakfast} [#4], | and all went well, | and {in due course} the golden hair [Adj. to "hair" that had mingled {with the poor shoemaker's white locks} {in the Paris garret}], were [#5] mingled (P) {with them} again {in the morning sunlight}, {on the threshold} {of the door} {at parting}. | ___________with the white locks of the poor shoemaker_____________10. Mr. Lorry's inquiries {into Miss Pross's personal history} had established the fact (DO) [Adj. to "fact" that her brother Solomon [#6] was a heartless scoundrel (PN) [Adj. to "scoundrel" who had stripped her (DO) {of everything} [Adj. to "everything" she possessed]]]. | ___The inquiries of Mr. Lorry into the personal history of Miss Pross had__ Notes 2. Alternatively, "looked like" can be considered the verb phrase (because it means "resembled"), That would make "illustration" a predicate noun. See KISS Level 2.1.5 - Phrasal Verbs (Preposition? Or Part of the Verb?). 3. "Itself" is an appositive to Old Bailey." 4. Alternatively, "to breakfast" can be considered a verb phrase here (to have breakfast). That would make it an infinitive of purpose to "returned." 5. Whether or not "hair were mingled" would be considered a subject/verb agreement error, I do not know. Clearly Dickens is thinking of "hair" as a plural, collective noun. 6. "Solomon" is an appositive to "brother." |