Choose the option that has the apostrophes correctly placed in the sentence:

The teams manager's attitude was affecting all the player's performance.

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The team's manager's attitude was affecting all the players' performance.

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Solution

The correct option is A The team's manager's attitude was affecting all the players' performance.
Apostrophe is used to indicate possession. Apostrophe is used before 's' with singular nouns and after 's' with plural nouns. Here, 'team' is a singular (collective) noun and 'manager' belongs to the team, therefore the proper use of apostrophe is 'team's manager'. Similarly, 'manager' is also singular and 'attitude' belongs to 'manager', therefore the proper usage of apostrophe will be manager's attitude. 'Players' is a plural noun and 'performance' is that of the players, therefore apostrophe will be used after the 's' in players and the punctuated form will be players' performance. Therefore, the correct option is: B) The team's manager's attitude was affecting all the players' performance.

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