Use of Apostrophe

Use of apostrophe is very confusing while writing. Among teachers, there are variety of opinions. I am trying to provide a solution. Hope it satisfies your queries .

Comments

The Interview

The Interview PART-I History – The First published interview is by Horace Greeley in 1859 (Founder and editor of The New York Tribune) who interviewed Brigham Young, an American religious leader and politician. This gave the readers a sense of direct contact with the leaders . Interview grew as a new and powerful tool for revealing popular personalities behind their political or social events . 20 th century is considered to be the Golden Era of interview with the rise of Radio in early 1920s as it brought the voice of the popular Actors, politicians, leaders and the writers to the house of the common man. It crossed the boundary between literate and illiterate as it no longer remained confined among the educated or literate class. Later in 1950, when Television entered the drawing rooms, it further added the visual impact of those popular personalities and their reactions during interviews. Thus the audio-visual element added new flavor to the electron...

Julius Caesar - History, Characters and plot analysis- All in one

Julius Caesar formed alliance with Pompey and Crassus to rule over Rome. After Caesar's victory in the Gaelic war, he was instructed not to cross the Rubicon river with his army. However, Caesar crossed the river with his army and began the civil war. ( From here evolved the idiom 'To cross the Rubicon which means to cross a certain point from where the already taken decision cannot be withdrawn'.) Fearing attack from Caesar, Pompey fled out of Rome but his 'Yes Men' (Cassca, Cassius, Dacius Brutus and many other Senators) still stayed in Rome. Marcus Brutus was a noble man, not a 'Yes Man' of Pompey but he wanted Democracy in Rome when the common people loved Caesar. To listen to the historical backdrop of Julius Caesar Historical character Julius Caesar and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar have some differences. However, the difference was purposefully created by Shakespeare to make the play stage-able. T o listen to the factual difference between r...

Virtually True - Analysis with an insight into Disruptive Technology

Let us understand what does the story deal with! Paul Stewart is British writer. His major works are on Children's books and Fantasy. He is a major in Creative writing. Worked several years as an English teacher before becoming a full time writer. VERY IMPORTANT Be familiar with the following term(s) Virtual= Appears to be real but not real--- antonym--- Actual/ real/ true Therefore, the title is oxymoron (opposing/ contrasting because anything that is Virtual can not be True) in order to create suspense, ingredient for Science Fiction and also to present a futuristic idea that virtual reality, augmented reality or virtual environments may interfere into our lives, may be for the benefit of human beings. 1. Disruptive Technology- Here 'Disruptive' means a radical change in an existing process or business applying innovation. Hence, a disruptive technology is a radical change in technology that surpasses an older process, product, or habit. Something l...

PG ENGLISH

Search This Blog