Question

Proofread the following text and correct the 3 apostrophe errors. Shelly didn't realise she had a problem until her payday. ‘I checked my banking app in the morning like I do every payday, and I saw that nearly half of my pay had left my account!’ explains Shelly. Like many young adults in Shellys generation, she had fallen into the habit of using the ‘buy now, pay later’ schemes that many shopping websites offer their users. Recently, these schemes have been criticised for pushing young people into unnecessary debt. ‘At first it was great,’ says Shelly. ‘I felt like I was getting something for nothing. But I’m really paying for it now. It’s going to be age’s until I’ve paid off all my purchases.’

Answer 1

The text has three apostrophe errors which need correction: 'Shellys' should be 'Shelly's', 'Its going' should be 'It's going to', and 'age's until' should be 'ages until'. After making these corrections, the text will properly use apostrophes to indicate possession and form contractions.

Step-by-step explanation:

The text given for proofreading requires corrections for the appropriate use of apostrophes in showing possession or forming contractions. Let's address the three apostrophe errors in the text one by one:

1. The possessive form of 'Shellys' should have an apostrophe before the 's', making it 'Shelly's generation' to indicate that it is the generation of Shelly.
2. The contraction for 'it is' should have an apostrophe, changing 'Its' to 'It's going to be ages'.
3. The last error is in the phrase 'age's until', where the apostrophe is incorrectly used to make 'ages' possessive when it should be the plural form. The correct phrase should be 'ages until', without an apostrophe.

Once the apostrophe errors are corrected, the relevant portions of the text should read as follows:

• Like many young adults in Shelly's generation...
• But I'm really paying for it now.
• It's going to be ages until I've paid off all my purchases.

Answer 2

Shelly didn't realise she had a problem until her payday. I checked my banking app in the morning like I do every payday, and I saw that nearly half of my pay had left my account! explains Shelly. Like many young adults in Shellys generation, she had fallen into the habit of using the ‘buy now, pay later’ schemes that many shopping websites offer their users. Recently, these schemes have been criticised for pushing young people into unnecessary debt. ‘At first it was great,’ says Shelly. I felt like I was getting something for nothing. But I’m really paying for it now. It’s going to be age’s until I’ve paid off all my purchases.’

Step-by-step explanation:

The I on the 3rd line

After account on the 5th line

On I felt on the 11th line