PSAT Writing and Language Question 365: Answer and Explanation

Question: 365

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. patients body's
• C. patients bodies'
• D. patient's bodies

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

A

Apostrophes are changing in the answer choices, so the question is testing apostrophe usage. When used with a noun, on the PSAT, an apostrophe indicates possession. In this sentence, the bodies belong to patients, so an apostrophe is needed after patients, and because patients is plural, the apostrophe should be placed after the s. Keep (A) because it supplies the apostrophe after the s in patients. Eliminate (B), (C), and (D) because none of these uses the correct apostrophe after patients. The correct answer is (A).