Essay <40>－ Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone！

영작문에 한두 번은 사용되게 되는 " ' "을 적절하게 사용함으로써 더욱 내용의 흐름을 매끄럽게 하고 세련된 문장을 작성할 수 있다.

다음의 세 가지 간단한 사용 규칙을 익히도록 하자.

▶ Rule 7 : Apostrophes " ' "을 정확하게 사용하라.

1. 동사의 생략된 형식과 같이 '을 사용하여 한 개 혹은 두 개의 철자가 문장에서 제거되었음을 알려준다.

Incorrect : You're chest of drawers is ugly.

Correct : Your chest of drawers is ugly.

2. 명사의 소유를 나타낼 때 '을 사용한다.

Not Possessive : the boy，the children，the boys

Possessive : the boy's，Harry's，the children's，the boys'

3. '는 명사의 소유를 나타낼 때만 사용하지만，대명사들이 각 인칭과 숫자에 분리된 소유격을 가지고 있는 경우는 사용되지 않는다.

her / hers，his / his，its / its，my / mine，our / ours，their / theirs，your / yours

▶ 필수 Idioms :

to go up : A new office is going up in the downtown area. A major construction company is putting it up

to go up to : After the lecture，several people in the audience went up to the speaker to congratulate her

to hand in : Every student has to hand in an original composition each week of the semester

in case : You'd better close the windows in case it rains

to take apart : It is much easier to take a watch apart than it is to assemble it

to put together : Todd followed the directions on the box but he couldn't manage to put the bicycle together properly

to be better off : Jim would be better off staying at home because of his cold

to be well－off : They live in the best section of town in a large home: they are very well－off