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Which word or words and punctuation corrects any errors in the sentence?

Her mother-in-law was one of the most self-reliant ladies until she had a nasty fall.

A.
There is no error in this sentence.

B.
mother in law

C.
ladies'

D.
self reliant

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The answer would be letter A. There is no error in this sentence. The word mother-in-law is used correctly. It should include hyphens because it is a compound word; it consists of words joined together to form a new word with a new meaning. Self-reliant is also a compound word like mother-in-law. Ladies should not have an apostrophe because it does not show ownership.
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