Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumPossessive pronoun theirs
Standard English Conventions practice question
Whose bag is this? It must be ____.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. theirsCorrect
- B. their's
- C. theirs'
- D. there's
Answer: A. theirs
"theirs" is the possessive pronoun and takes no apostrophe.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. their's
- Possessive pronouns never take apostrophes.
- C. theirs'
- Not a word.
- D. there's
- "there's" means "there is".
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