Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the answer that shows the best punctuation for the underlined part of the sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose 5.

After the dog frightened the mail carrier, the dogs owner apologized over and over again.

  1. carrier the dogs

  2. carrier, the dog's

  3. carrier; the dogs'

  4. carrier; the dogs

  5. Correct as it is

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The word dog's is possessive and needs an apostrophe; the comma is optional.

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