Where's the apostrophe?

Hutton's inquiry

Lord Hutton's report into the government's and the BBC's handling of the Dr David Kelly affair has exonerated the government, but attacked the BBC. The Hutton Report accuses the Corporation of a number of grave errors, including failure to check facts properly. BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has resigned, and the BBC Board of Governors will probably decide that others will have to go too.

As for Tony Blair, well, he’s survived a tumultuous 24 hours. He won the parliamentary vote on top-up tuition fees on Tuesday evening and came out of the Hutton inquiry practically unscathed Wednesday afternoon. And — just like Jack Bauer in the popular American TV series, who experienced one bad day after another — Blair has the energy and the support to keep on going now. Blair's tenth anniversary as Labour leader is this July, and the odds are that he will lead his party at the next general election again.

We've taken some of the points from the Hutton inquiry to create an exercise which is up to date, but which will also test you on the grammar points covered on page 52 of the 1/2004 issue of Business Spotlight: possessives. Read through the text above again and make a note of all the apostrophes. It could help you to make the right choices.

Deborah Capras