The right answer is A. because the possession would be Howard's fault and the contraction would be it's.
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Explanation:
A verb is following a noun means the verb comes after the noun directly.
Example: <u>Marie</u> <em>brings</em> her books from her bag.
So '<u>M</u><u>arie</u>' is the noun who does the action and brings the books
While '<em>Brings</em>' is a verb and is what the noun does.
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