Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
She showed this plant and talked about it’s medicinal properties.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. its medicinal properties.
Error concept: Misuse of apostrophe in pronoun.
What is wrong: The word “it’s” (with apostrophe) means it is or it has, which is incorrect in this context.
Grammatical concept:
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The possessive form of it is its (without apostrophe).
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Correct collocation is “medicinal properties” (not medical properties in this sense).
Incorrectness of the concept in context:
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it's medical properties → wrong, means it is medical properties.
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their medical properties → wrong subject-pronoun agreement.
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it’s medical proprieties → spelling error (proprieties ≠ properties).
Correct phrase/ correction: its medicinal properties
Final sentence: She showed this plant and talked about its medicinal properties.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.