Question

fill in the blank to complete the statement with the appropriate word.
in the 1940s and 1950s, had a high chance of being affected in some way by the polio epidemic. most people knew someone who had contracted the disease.
people you

Explanation:

The sentence is in the third - person plural form. "People" is a third - person plural noun, while "you" is a second - person pronoun. The context of the sentence, which is talking about a general group of individuals in the 1940s and 1950s (not directly addressing the reader), requires a third - person plural form.

Answer:

people