Which of the following sentences uses commas and apostrophes correctly?

Question 10 options:

As they gazed at their new grandbaby, Shelby's parents' excitement was plain to see.

As they gazed at their new grandbaby Shelby's parents excitement was plain to see.

As they gazed at their new grandbaby, Shelby's parent's excitement was plain to see.

As they gazed at their new grandbaby, Shelbys' parents excitement was plain to see.

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Alivia Keith

30 October, 17:28

Which of the following sentences uses commas and apostrophes correctly?

Question 10 options:

As they gazed at their new grandbaby, Shelby's parents' excitement was plain to see.

As they gazed at their new grandbaby Shelby's parents excitement was plain to see.

As they gazed at their new grandbaby, Shelby's parent's excitement was plain to see.

As they gazed at their new grandbaby, Shelbys' parents excitement was plain to see.

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Darion Brennan · Answer 1

The correct answer is:

As they gazed at their new grandbaby, Shelby's parents' excitement was plain to see.

The first option is the correct grammar.

The second option doesn't uses the comma to connect both sentences, thus is incorrect,

The third option uses "parent's" when the correct grammar is "parents'" because it is plural, so the apostrophe goes after the "s".

The fourth option uses "Shelbys'" as it is a pplural noun, Shelby is a singular person, thus the apostrophe goes before the "s" as in Shelby's.