Question

Identify the sentence with the correct placement of apostrophes:

• A. The two boy's bags were lying at the river's edge.
• B. The two boys bag's were lying at the rivers' edge.
• C. The two boys' bags were lying at the river's edge.
• D. The two boys' bags' were lying at the rivers edge.

Answer 1

The correct option is C The two boys' bags were lying at the river's edge.

According to general rule, the possessive of a singular noun (here, 'river') is formed by adding an apostrophe (') and s. Therefore, the correct form of writing the possessive of river is 'river's'. Only and apostrophe is added for nouns that are plural and end with an s.Therefore the correct form of writing the possessive of boys is boys'.

Thus, by applying the rules of using apostrophe and eliminating the incorrect options, the correct answer must be Option C.