Question:
How (a) people naturally (b) divide
themselves (c) is sometimes as important as the way's (d) they
feel united. No error (e)
Choices:
The correct answer is (D). Many writers
confuse the possessive case, using an apostrophe plus an 'S' when making a word
plural, which generally requires adding only an 'S' to a word. The possessive
case is used to show ownership or belonging, whereas the plural is simply to
denote how many are in question. This is the case in this sentence, where the
writer seeks to express more than one "way," not "way's" ownership of anything.
The apostrophe should be dropped, making it "ways."
