JAMB English Language 2016 Objective — Question 74
Question 74 of 100 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) English Language 2016 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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74. The ____ discouraged me from reading it. A. story length B. length of the story C. stories length D. story's length
- A. story length
- B. length of the storyCorrect
- C. stories length
- D. story's length
Explanation
When a non living thing is talked about in possessive nouns, it is grammatically wise to avoid apostrophe and use of to show the possession. The table's leg(it is wrong). Instead, it is the leg of the table.
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