Question

Read the text below and add apostrophes where appropriate. There are 4 errors to be corrected.

Answer 1

Answer:

The data watchdogs clampdown on social media goes further than MPs expected and is only part of a much bigger counter-attack. It was anticipated that the draft guidelines from the Information Commissioner's Office would deal with the gathering and management of children's data, and they would demand that companies collect the absolute minimum of information in line with teenagers' welfare and security.

Explanation:

Apostrophes are used in a text when the author wants to make some kind of contraction, which is very common in the English language. It is also common to use the apostrophe to indicate possession, being or being.

A very common use of the apostrophe, but one that generates a lot of confusion is when the noun to which the apostrophe will be used ends with the letter "s", but the contraction will add another "s" to the word. In that case, you should put the apostrophe at the end of the noun and not make the contraction, as was done in "teenagers' welfare"