possessive nouns
Which noun is correct to complete this sentence.
Most of the ______ land was full of trees.
A. colonys'
B. colonie's
C. colonys's
D. colonies'
See example:
Most of the colonys land was full of trees.
asked Nov 25 '12 at 19:22
Karrie Burgess
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Karrie Burgess
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2 answers 
Tolley is right, none of these are correct. If you mean the lands that belong to multiple colonies, then D would be the correct possessive form. However, other parts of the sentence would need to be corrected.
Most of the colonies' lands were full of trees.
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answered Nov 26 '12 at 00:04
Patty T
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