Question

inquizitive for writers: apostrophe errors
apostrophe errors
handbook page p - 5a
edit the following sentence to correct any errors. if the sentence doesn’t contain any errors, click the “no errors” button.
drag the items below to the passage above to complete the question as instructed.
for a long time now, the nations health - care industry has frustrated many americans.
options: nation’s, nations’, american’s, americans’
contraction: an apostrophe in a contraction indicates where letters have been omitted. for example, “i’ve” is a contraction of “i have”; “don’t” is a contraction of “do not”.

Explanation:

To correct the apostrophe errors:

1. For "nations" modifying "health - care industry", we need to show possession. The correct form is "nation's" as it means the health - care industry of the nation.
2. "Americans" in the sentence is a plural noun and there is no possessive meaning here (it's just "many Americans"), so the original "Americans" is correct and we don't use a possessive form for it. So we replace "nations" with "nation's".

Answer:

Replace "nations" with "nation's" and leave "Americans" as it is. So the corrected sentence is: "For a long time now, the nation's health - care industry has frustrated many Americans."