Question

after borrowing her sister-in-laws new car to drive her friends to the mall, polina returned to the parking lot to discover a large scratch in the bright red paint.
what change, if any, should be made to this sentence?
a. change friends to friends.
b. change sister-in-laws to sister-in-laws.
c. change the period to a question mark.
d. no change is necessary.

Explanation:

• Option A: "friends" is a plural noun, and there's no possessive meaning needed here, so changing it to "friend's" (singular possessive) is incorrect.
• Option B: "sister - in - laws" is a plural noun, but to show possession (the car belongs to the sister - in - law), we need the singular possessive "sister - in - law's". The original "sister - in - laws" is incorrect as it's a plural noun without the correct possessive form for showing ownership of the car.
• Option C: The sentence is a statement, not a question, so changing the period to a question mark is wrong.
• Option D: Since option B has a necessary change (correcting the possessive form of "sister - in - law"), "No change is necessary" is incorrect. The correct change is in option B.

Answer:

B. Change sister - in - laws to sister - in - law's.