Question

Select the correctly punctuated sentence.

• A. That tall man, Paul's grandad, is this month's winner.
• B. That tall man Paul's grandad is this month's winner.
• C. That tall man, Paul's grandad, is this months winner.
• D. That tall man, Pauls grandad, is this month's winner.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

The Genitive case is a grammatical case for nouns and pronouns. It is used to show possession, but it can also show source of thing or characteristic of something. Unlike Possessive case, which is only related to ownership.

Genitive case involves adding an apostrophe followed by "s" to the end of noun.

Correct answer: option (A)

Reason:

• Apostrophe is in correct place. (Paul's grandad= grandad of Paul ; month's winner= winner of the month)
• Punctuation (comma) is in correct place.

Option (B) (C) (D) are incorrect.

Reason:

For option (B) - Punctuation (comma) is absent at required position. (Between words: man and Paul's ; Between words: grandad and is)

For option (C) - Apostrophe is absent before s in 'months'

For option (D) - Apostrophe is absent before s in 'Pauls'

Final answer; That tall man, Paul's grandad, is this month's winner.