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Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

The Johnsons’s family car was broken into, the window was shattered and the radio was stolen.

Change Johnsons’s to Johnsons’.
Fix the parallel structure.
Change the sentence to past perfect tense.
Fix subject/verb agreement.

Explanation

Answer: A - The sentence is most improved by changing Johnsons’s to Johnsons’. This is the normal rule for plural possessives. People sometimes overthink possessives and add the extra s when it isn’t necessary.

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