Question

The soldiers rifles were stacked in the army’s storeroom prior to their departure.
Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.
A. The soldier’s rifles were stacked in the army’s storeroom prior to their departure.
B. The soldiers’ rifles were stacked in the army’s storeroom prior to their departure.
C. The soldiers’ rifles were stacked in the armys storeroom prior to their departure.
D. No change

Answer 1

Hint: Regular noun – Nouns are singular when they represent one item and plural when they represent more than one item. To make a regular noun plural add – s or add – es to the end.

Complete answer:
Regular nouns become plural when we add s or es in the ending of the noun. For example: There is one dog (singular), there are three dogs (plural). In this question we have to correct the sentence.
Option A) The soldier’s rifles were stacked in the army’s storeroom prior to their departure. – is an incorrect answer because in possessives the placement of the apostrophe depends on whether the noun shows possession is singular or plural. Generally, if the noun is singular the apostrophe comes before the S. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) The soldiers’ rifles were stacked in the army’s storeroom prior to their departure – is the correct answer because in possessives the placement of the apostrophe depends on whether the noun shows possession is singular or plural. Generally, if the noun is plural the apostrophe comes after the S. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option C) The soldiers rifles were stacked in the armys storeroom prior to their departure – is an incorrect answer because armys is not correct. We use apostrophe in the armys as army’s to make it a correct sense. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) No change – this option is void.
The soldiers’ rifles were stacked in the army’s storeroom prior to their departure.

So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

Note:
In this question we have used plural regular nouns. The general rule for forming possessiveness is formed by adding only an apostrophe when the noun ends in –‘s’. So, regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter -‘s’ or ‘es’. In cases if we want to show plural possession, we can simply put an apostrophe after the s.
For example:
Guys’ night out (guy + s + apostrophe)
Two actresses’ roles (actress + es+ apostrophe)
The above examples show the plural form (possession by adding apostrophe (after – s or es).