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QUIZZES

Apostrophes can be tricky; prove you know the difference between it’s and its in this crafty quiz!

Question 1 of 12

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

While preaching D.A.R.E. in schools, we made a drug out of external validation.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However useful they might be for external purposes, they will always be dangerous internally.
Pakistan’s Dance With Terrorists Just Backfired and Killed 132 Children|Chris Allbritton|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He wants to know every external detail, even if the escape is ultimately to be shot on a sound stage.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

After all, the Prince of necessity had to focus on defeating his external enemies.
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer|James Poulos|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She had expected personality, magnetism, as a compensation for nature's external economies.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
However, she was not seeking refreshment or help from any source, either external or from within.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
In a strict sense, of course, no child's drawing is absolutely spontaneous and independent of external stimulus and guidance.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Lombard Street has thus shown that it has fully learnt the only lesson that the external side of the crisis had to teach it.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Lost as he was to most external things, Hugh roused himself to some surprise at the name of the hotel.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson