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<li><p>Most of the sediment and nutrients of the Mississippi River no longer reach the coastal wetlands, a phenomenon that has adversely affected the region's ecological balance.</p></li>
<li><p>Most major air pollutants cannot be seen, although large amounts of them concentrated in cities are visible as smog.</p></li>
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<p>Solve, and provide your answers please.</p>
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<li>of them >> of those. You say “Those of us who are hungry should go eat” not “Them of us who are hungry should go eat.”</li>
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<li>E</li>
<li>E</li>
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<p>There are nothing wrong with both sentences…</p>
<p>Jeffrey Jung is right. Both are correct.</p>
<p>But how is that possible, what about “the region’s” in question 1. Shouldn’t the apostraphe be omitted, since as it is now, it doesn’t refer to something possessive. “'s” is a shorter form for “is”, isn’t it?</p>
<p>And on question 2, how is that possible too? in “are visible”, shouldn’t it be changed to “are as visible” then complemented with “as smog”, to make a correctly structured form of “as something as something”.</p>
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<p>I believe it is a possessive. The ecological balance of the region.</p>
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<p>If you implement the as…as structure, you’re changing the meaning of the sentence. It is not a comparison between pollutants and smog. Rather, it is trying to say that it is visible in the form of smog.</p>
<p>That is a possessive apostrophe because it is the “ecological balance of the region” or “the region’s ecological balance.”</p>
<p>In #2, it is not to be a similie (“as…as…”). They are visible as smog, or you could say, they appear as smog. The sentence isn’t comparing them to smog but saying that they are smog.</p>
<p>Hah, the second one was a little tricky, weirdly worded. But EE is right.</p>
<p>Hold on, hold on. OK, number 2 is okay. Back to number 1:
's -> shorter form for “is”. For examples, “He’s stupid” or “He is stupid”.
s -> possessive case. “The carpenters car”. </p>
<p>Or am I mixed up, should it be the other way around?</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies so far!</p>
<p>The apostrophe can be used in both ways:</p>
<p>1. Possessive
Ex 1. Jack’s car is new
Ex 2. Susie’s house is big.</p>
<p>2. Contractions
Ex 1. Don’t -> do not
Ex 2. Didn’t -> did not
Ex 3. He’s -> he is
Ex 4. You’re -> you are</p>
<p>In question number 1, the apostrophe is used as a possessive. I think you’re confused…</p>
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<p>I’m 99% confident with my answers. Seriously.</p>
<p>Okay JeffreyJung, thanks for helping me! You reap what you sow man! Cheers!</p>
<p>Why isn’t it regions’? Since it’s describing a plural noun: wetlands. </p>