[Video] Q15: No change or productions elaborate sets or production's elaborate sets' or production's elaborate sets

Explanation for Question 15 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat

Question number 15, asks us to figure out where the appropriate 2 apostrophes are going to go in this phrase. 3 So the sentence right now reads when the curtain rose at 7:00 PM on May 1st, 1874, 4 the audience was immediately amazed by the productions, 5 elaborate sets and costumes. So we're talking about the productions, 6 elaborate sets and costumes. 7 So keep in mind here. Um, these apostrophes are used to show 8 possession, so something belonging to something else. 9 Um, in this case, the elaborate sets and costumes belong to the production. 10 So we want to make sure that there is an apostrophe somewhere after productions. 11 Um, we're going to eliminate answer choice B since it doesn't have that apostrophe, 12 when we decide where the apostrophe goes, 13 note that the apostrophe is going to go before the ass. 14 When we're talking about a singular, 15 um, in this case, it's one production. 16 So this is going to be a singular subject and it will go after 17 the ass. 18 If we're talking about a plural subject, 19 for instance, if there were multiple productions in this case, 20 one production is singular. So we're going to go with before the ass for 21 our apostrophe that eliminates the no change option. 22 The difference between C and D is that C includes an additional apostrophe after 23 sets. However, there's nothing sort of belonging to sets. 24 So it doesn't make sense to use possession apostrophe after sets. 25 Um, it's simply a plural, so no apostrophe required. 26 That's why we're going to select answer choice D because it includes that correct 27 apostrophe after production to show that the sets and costumes belong to the production, 28 but it doesn't add an unnecessary and confusing apostrophe to the word sets.