Form, Structure, and Sense: Agreement and Usage

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

Several of the ______ unpublished letters reveal a much more nuanced political stance than had been suggested by his published essays.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  • A

    philosopher's

  • B

    philosophers's

  • C

    philosophers'

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  • D

    philosophers

Explanation

"Several of the philosophers" is plural; the possessive of a regular plural ending in s adds only an apostrophe: "philosophers' unpublished letters."

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