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Correct Answer: survivor's in sentence 2
the question asks to identify an incorrect use of an apostrophe from given examples. understanding how apostrophes should be used is key to answering this question correctly.
apostrophes serve two primary functions in english:
1. **to indicate possession**: showing that something belongs to someone or something. for example, "john's book" means the book belongs to john.
2. **to indicate a contraction**: combining two words into one by omitting certain letters and replacing them with an apostrophe. for example, "can't" is a contraction for "cannot."
let’s analyze each example provided:
1. **survivor's in sentence 2**: without additional context, it's unclear if this is correct or incorrect. if "survivor's" is intended to show possession (e.g., "the survivor's jacket"), it is correct. if it is meant to be a plural form indicating more than one survivor, it should be "survivors" without an apostrophe.
2. **survivor's in line 51**: this is mentioned to show possession, such as in "a survivor's well-being is dependent on knowledge." this is a correct use of the apostrophe.
3. **can't in sentence 10**: this is a contraction of "cannot." the apostrophe here indicates the omission of the letters "no." this is a correct use of the apostrophe.
4. **survivors in sentence 9**: there is no apostrophe here, and it is presented as a plural noun, such as in "survivors experience complications." this is correct as it stands because it's meant to be plural, not possessive.
5. **survivor's in sentence 14**: like the first example, without additional context, it's not clear if this is correct or incorrect. the correctness depends on whether the sentence requires a possessive form (correct) or a plural (incorrect).
the incorrect usage of an apostrophe among the options would depend on the context of the sentence for "survivor's in sentence 2" and "survivor's in sentence 14." if in either sentence "survivor's" was meant to indicate a plural (i.e., more than one survivor), it would be incorrect because the plural form should be "survivors" without an apostrophe. if it's meant to show possession, it's correct.
thus, from the information given, if any of the instances of "survivor's" were intended to denote a plural rather than possession, those instances would be incorrect uses of apostrophes.
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