Final answer:
The sentence 'The American Civil War's last land battle...' required a possessive apostrophe added to 'Civil War.' There were no plural errors in the sentence. Review questions also showcased various possessive and contraction errors that were corrected for proper English grammar.
Step-by-step explanation:
To identify the plural and possessive errors in the sentence given, let's take a closer look at each part of the sentence:
The corrected sentence should read: "The American Civil War's last land battle, the Battle of Palmito Ranch, occurred on the banks of the Rio Grande in Texas."
The American Civil War's is the possessive form, indicating that the last land battle belonged to or was associated with the American Civil War. The possessive error was corrected by adding 's after "Civil War."
The original sentence does not contain any plural errors.
Review Question Corrections
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- Jack and Jill's hill is nothing more than a mound of dirt on the southwest corner of Farmer John's land.
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- One's labor is proportional to one's wealth.
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- George shouldn't say that he'll be in the library when he obviously won't.
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- I'll be back.
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- Who'll referee those kids' soccer game if not for your brother?
Error in each sentence:
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- "Farmer Johns" needed an apostrophe to indicate possession (Farmer John's).
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- The possessive "ones'" is incorrect and should be "one's" in the context of the sentence.
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- "Wont" is missing the apostrophe for the contraction of "will not" (won't).
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- "Ill" is missing the apostrophe for the contraction of "I will" (I'll).
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"Kid's" should be plural possessive as it refers to the soccer game of multiple kids (kids'). "You're" should be "your" as "you're" is the contraction of "you are," which does not make sense in the context.