Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence:
I would like to read Sidney, the poets verse.

• A. I would like to read Sidney's, the poet verse.
• B. I would like to read Sidney's, the poets' verse.
• C. I would like to read Sidney, the poet's verse.
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

The correct option is C I would like to read Sidney, the poet's verse.

Apposition is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way. The two elements are said to be in apposition.

When we have such nouns in apposition, the 's only comes after the second element in the sentence. In the sentence given, the two elements are Sidney and 'the poet'. Hence, the second element is 'the poet' and it will have 's placed at its end.