Multiple choice

Directions: The plural forms of nouns have been listed below. Pick the one with an error.

Sons-in-law, runner-ups, heads-of-state, have-nots, commanders-in-chief

  1. Sons-in-law

  2. Runner-ups

  3. Heads-of-state

  4. have-nots

  5. Commanders-in-chief
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The words - sons-in-law, heads-of-state, have-nots, and commanders-in-chief – are all in the correct plural form. The one with an error is the word – runner-ups. The first element of the hyphenated word (runner) should be pluralized. Thus, the plural form of runner-up is runners-up.

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