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The teachers attendance book recorded teachers attendance through the years classes.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. The teacher's attendance book recorded teacher's attendance through the year's classes.

  3. The teachers' attendance book recorded teachers' attendance through the years classes.

  4. The teachers' attendance book recorded teachers' attendance through the year's classes.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es (in the given sentence - teachers). According to general rule, an apostrophe after the s is used to indicate the plural possession of such regular nouns.
However, the possession of singular nouns require an apostrophe followed by s (here, year).
Thus, according to rules, the correct answer is Option D. The remaining options are incorrect.

Choose the option that best corrects the given sentence:
The ladies tennis clubs latest newsletter has news of their members latest achievements.

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. The lady's tennis clubs latest newsletter has news of their member's latest achievements.

  3. The ladies tennis club's latest newsletter has news of their members latest achievements.

  4. The ladies' tennis club's latest newsletter has news of their members' latest achievements.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es (in the given sentence - ladies, members). According to general rule, an apostrophe after the s is used to indicate the plural possession of such regular nouns.
However, the possession of singular nouns require an apostrophe followed by s.
Thus, according to rules, the correct answer is Option C. The remaining options are incorrect.

The babies crying disturbed their parents during their meditation class.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

apostrophe mark punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. The baby's crying disturbed their parents during their meditation class.

  3. The babies' crying disturbed their parents during their meditation class.

  4. The babies crying disturbed their parent's during their meditation class.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es (in the given sentence - babies). According to general rule, an apostrophe after the s is used to indicate the plural possession of such regular nouns.
However, no punctuation is required to make a regular noun plural (here, parents).
Thus, according to rules, the correct answer is Option C. The remaining options are incorrect.