Standard English ConventionsVery hardApostrophe with a plural possessive and a following gerund
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ____ objecting to the route did not stop the survey.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. landowners'Correct
- B. landowners
- C. landowner's
- D. landowners's
Answer: A. landowners'
It is the objecting of several landowners: a plural possessive before the gerund.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. landowners
- 'Landowners objecting' makes 'landowners' the subject and leaves 'did not stop' without one.
- C. landowner's
- 'Landowner's' is singular, but several landowners are meant.
- D. landowners's
- Not a form.
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