Texas EOC English 1: 2.9 Editing

potential answers Ok well first we need to run sentence

twenty four through diagnostic so let's read it What makes

a good piece of art is its use of artistic

elements and principles and the pieces ability to move the

viewer well i've written by the magazine editor Oh yeah

not looking so good Are we number twenty four We

definitely need to make a change so right off the

bat we could get rid of option d So now

let's break down the remaining option We've got option a

does the sentence use the wrong it's No in this

sense it's is possessive because it claims ownership of the

now unused a little bossy but fine it's confusing though

because we usually add an apostrophe s to make things

possessive But the possessive version of hits doesn't have an

apostrophe because the apostrophe s version of its is the

contraction for it is listen how weird that would sound

in this sentence What makes a good piece of art

Is it his use of artistic elements being weird Option

b isn't going to cut it either way We need

the possessive nothing plural because we're talking about one piece

that's laying claim to the noun ability Notice that in

this case we can go back to the standard rule

for making things possessive by simply adding an apostrophe as

to the word peace right piece a cake The correct

answer is c This sense is a statement not a

question so we need a period instead of a question

mark Hear what just means the thing that makes a

good piece of art We don't know what makes good

art but we do know what makes a good art

museum conveniently placed couches seriously We're the only ones who

feet bird As soon as we walked through the door 00:02:07.73 --> [endTime] come on people get a couch in there