The Trans Bhutan Trail once served as a vital artery connecting fortresses, monasteries, and markets across the country of Bhutan. After a 60-year hiatus, the historic trail has been restored, a project that employed many of the ____ including homestay owner Sangay Choden, who asserts that the trail’s restoration has helped preserve her village’s culture and tradition.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Explanation
Context: One country (Bhutan) owns the residents, and "many of the ____" needs a plural noun.
Answer: B) country’s residents,
Why? Singular possessive country's for the one country; plain plural residents because many people were employed, not one.
Traps:
- A) countries residents’, → plural countries is wrong and the apostrophe lands on the wrong word.
- C) countries’ resident’s, → makes both the country plural and the resident singular.
- D) country’s resident’s, → "many of the country's resident's" is a singular noun after many.