Question

identify the sentence with the correct use of apostrophes. the dog wagged its tail excitedly when it saw its owner. the childrens toys were scattered across the playground. the companys policies were updated to reflect the new regulations. the three authors books were displayed prominently at the conference.

Explanation:

• Analyze the orange sentence: "it's" here is incorrect as "its" (possessive) should be used instead of "it's" (contraction of "it is").
• Analyze the blue sentence: The plural of "child" is "children", and the possessive form for plural nouns ending in -ren (irregular plural) is "children's", not "childrens'".
• Analyze the green sentence: "company's" is the correct possessive form (singular noun, add's) to show the policies belong to the company.
• Analyze the red sentence: For plural "authors", the possessive should be "authors'", not "author's" (which is singular possessive).

Answer:

The company's policies were updated to reflect the new regulations. (the green - colored sentence)