Which sentence is the possessive used correctly?
1. The boy's basketball team plays every Friday, but the girls play every other Thursday.
2. Their's is the first bus to arrive at school every morning.
3. The childrens' activity period lasts 15 minutes.
4. Carl's and Sara's schoolbooks are on the kitchen table.
2007-03-27 01:10:04 · 7 answers · asked by mncltrr 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
In 1, "boys" is an adj describing the type of basketball team and so is not a possessive noun.
In 2, the apostrophe is in the wrong place... would come after the s.
In 3, the children jointly share the activity period but should be "apostrophe s".
2007-03-27 01:24:54 · answer #1 · answered by OSUChemist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3
2007-03-27 08:13:41 · answer #2 · answered by I know EVERYTHING! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Number 3 is correct.
2007-03-27 08:19:09 · answer #3 · answered by pegs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#4 is. The rest are wrong. It drives me crazy that people don't understand posessive forms and contractions.
2007-03-27 08:18:34 · answer #4 · answered by Expat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I should think 4.
2007-03-27 08:17:05 · answer #5 · answered by zoom103 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By process of elimination, 4.
May God bless you.
2007-03-27 08:12:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im almost certain it is number 4!
2007-03-27 08:13:32 · answer #7 · answered by Gloria M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋