SAT Writing

Category - Improving Sentences

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Palladium mining is an intricate process because it is spread out under the earth’s surface.
  1. earth’s
  2. earths’
Explanation
Answer: C - The best choice is “Earth’s”

The first letter in Earth should be capitalized when referring to the planet. Since there is only one Earth, an apostrophe precedes the s in the possessive case.
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