Fix the sentence by following the apostrophe rule. A) The books story was pretty exciting, even though its cover was not. B) The books' story was pretty exciting, even though its cover was not. C) The book's story was pretty exciting, even though it's cover was not. D) The book's story was pretty exciting, even though its cover was not. E) The books story was pretty exciting, even though it's cover was not.

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Steve Mckenzie

14 September, 10:09

Fix the sentence by following the apostrophe rule. A) The books story was pretty exciting, even though its cover was not. B) The books' story was pretty exciting, even though its cover was not. C) The book's story was pretty exciting, even though it's cover was not. D) The book's story was pretty exciting, even though its cover was not. E) The books story was pretty exciting, even though it's cover was not.

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Ariana Mann · Answer 1

Only one sentence is punctuated correctly for apostrophes:

D) The book's story was pretty exciting, even though its cover was not.

What's interesting to note grammarwise is that that sentence - although correct with respect to apostrophes - has a comma splice. The comma is NOT necessary.