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GED writing practice: singular and plural possessives

Question 21 of 36Apostrophes

Which choice fills the blank with the right possessive forms?
The cleaning crew at the office building has one supervisor and four cleaners. ________ are kept in the same supply closet.

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Possessive questions ask where the apostrophe goes. First look for clues that tell how many owners there are, such as a number in the sentence. One owner takes an apostrophe and an s. More than one owner, when the plural ends in s, takes only an apostrophe. A plural that owns nothing takes no apostrophe at all. Check every owner in each choice.

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