Question

Find the one plural or possessive error in this sentence. In 1972,President Nixon signed Title IX into law. One of this laws’ effects was to break down barriers for female athletes

Answer 1

The error in the sentence is the misuse of the possessive form 'laws''; it should be the plural form 'laws' without an apostrophe.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence 'In 1972,President Nixon signed Title IX into law. One of this laws' effects was to break down barriers for female athletes' contains a possessive error. The word 'laws' should not have an apostrophe as it is intended to be plural, not possessive. The correct plural form is 'laws' without an apostrophe. Therefore, the corrected part of the sentence should read 'One of these laws effects...' to accurately reflect that we are discussing multiple effects of multiple laws.

Answer 2

The plural or possessive error in the sentence is the incorrect use of 'laws’' which should be corrected to 'law's' to properly denote singular possession.

Step-by-step explanation:

The error in the sentence 'In 1972, President Nixon signed Title IX into law. One of this laws’ effects was to break down barriers for female athletes' is in the possessive form 'laws’'. The correct possessive form for singular nouns should be 'law's' to denote that the effects belong to this one specific law. Therefore, the corrected sentence should read: 'In 1972, President Nixon signed Title IX into law. One of this law's effects was to break down barriers for female athletes.'