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childrens' and children's

by hutch27 » Sun May 05, 2013 10:56 am
After the Vietnam war Bettye Granther, a U.S. Army nurse, continued her efforts on behalf of injured Vietnamese children, providing medical care, helping to reunite estranged families, and the establishment of a fund for the children's future education.

(A) the establishment of a fund for the children's future education
(B) the establishing of a fund for the future education of children
(C) establishing a fund for the children's future education
(D) establishing a fund for the childrens' future education
(E) the establishment of a fund for the childrens' future education

OA is
C

This is from the 1000SC and im not really sure if they are real gmat questions, so my question is, would the gmat test the difference between children' and children's? in other words, is the placement of the apostrophe something the gmat tests?
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by hemant_rajput » Sun May 05, 2013 9:30 pm
hutch27 wrote:After the Vietnam war Bettye Granther, a U.S. Army nurse, continued her efforts on behalf of injured Vietnamese children, providing medical care, helping to reunite estranged families, and the establishment of a fund for the children's future education.

(A) the establishment of a fund for the children's future education
(B) the establishing of a fund for the future education of children
(C) establishing a fund for the children's future education
(D) establishing a fund for the childrens' future education
(E) the establishment of a fund for the childrens' future education


OA is
C


This is from the 1000SC and im not really sure if they are real gmat questions, so my question is, would the gmat test the difference between children' and children's? in other words, is the placement of the apostrophe something the gmat tests?

I don't know whether GMAT test this concept or not but I believe "childrens" is not a word. children is a common noun and plural in itself, so why you need to put s after it.

hope that helps.
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