Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
In an act of reciprocation, the government of Brasil decided to compel citizens of the United States to acquire visas in order to enter the country. Some ____ may be affected by this change, which is why new warnings appear on various websites.
The correct answer is (B).
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Some of us just do not love apostrophes, and we very much embrace any preferences that we discover we have within this process. That said, something about apostrophes that we all do want to have on our radars is what it means when an apostrophe is either before or after an “s”.
The apostrophe that we see before the “s” in (A) indicates that we are talking about a singular visitor.
The apostrophe that we see after the “s” in (B) indicates that we are talking about plural visitors. This is one reason why (B) is our correct answer here.
Sometimes, the challenge tied to a question testing us on apostrophes is determining whether or not we even want an apostrophe at all, which would be the decision we are making when we select (B) over (C) here. If this is not a challenge for you here, then ciao; we’ll talk again elsewhere.👋🏽
If things do feel in any way tenuous on the front we’re discussing, here are two things to read….