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ladessa [460]
3 years ago
11

Find the plural or possessive error. Select it and type it correctly. A group of young French doctors began the organization Doc

tors Without Borders in 1971 The founders mission was to help victims of war and natural disasters
English
1 answer:
kupik [55]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

A possessive is missing in the sentence. It is highlighted and corrected below:

A group of young French doctors began the organization Doctors Without Borders in 1971. The founders mission was to help victims of war and natural disasters. → The founders' mission was to ...

Explanation:

One way of expressing possession in English is by using the genitive case, which consists of adding an apostrophe or 's to the possessor in a sentence. For example, if a book belongs to my friend Anna, I can say: Anna's book.

<u>When we have a plural noun that already ends in -s, we should only add an apostrophe to indicate possession. That apostrophe is precisely what is missing in the sentence we are analyzing here. The second part of the sentence is about a mission. </u><u>Whose mission is it? It is the founders' mission.</u><u> Thus, we must use the apostrophe for the sentence to be correct.</u>

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