This answer is
not correct. You seem to have remembered the ionic charges of +3 and -2 but have
mixed them up. Aluminum has 3 outer shell electrons and readily loses these
electrons to become a cation with a charge of positive 3. Sulfur has 6 outer
shell electrons and tends to gain two electrons to form a sulfide anion with a
charge of negative 2. Remember that elements in columns 1,2 and 3 of the
periodic table will tend to lose their outer electrons to become cations with
inert gas electron configurations. Elements in columns 5,6 and 7 tend to gain
enough electrons to become anions with inert gas electron configurations.