Grammar Test 1 Answer 2

2. After the official announcement of the discovery of Moses's contacts with his bookie, pope Charlie revealed that those who had bet against him leading his people out of Egypt had been swindled.

Ans.

After the official announcement of the discovery of Moses' contacts with his bookie, Pope Charlie revealed that those who had bet against his leading his people out of Egypt had been swindled.


1) Removal of the "s" after the apostrophe. For a proper name ending in "s" that is longer than two syllables or that has one "s" already in the name, do not add" apostrophe "s" to make the possessive. [Score 1 pt.]

2) Pope, as in Pope Charlie, should be capitalized. [Score 1 pt.]

3) The gerund phrase "leading his people out of Egypt" should have the possessive form of the pronoun in front of it raher than the object form. [Score 1 pt.]