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One girls bicycle was stolen.

One girl's bicycle was stolen.

One girls' bicycle was stolen.

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daddybrock32
2009-07-12 17:35:10 ET

It depends on weather you are discussing type of bike or ownership of the bike.

sassilicious
2009-07-12 21:05:35 ET

I shows ownership or possession of the bike. One girl with a bike which was stolen. The word girls' would mean several girls owned the bike. Not correct here.

Zincorange
2009-07-13 04:13:38 ET

Correct answer should read:

One girl had her bicycle stolen.

Patrick
2009-07-13 08:31:44 ET

one girl's bicycle was stolen: meaning that some girl had her bicycle stolen by someone. That should be the correct answer.

Osayanmon
2009-07-13 08:40:54 ET

The 'one' in the sentence may be to show a single girl or bicycle. In this case they have different answers.

Iraj Mozaffary
2009-07-13 09:58:53 ET

If the word "one" is reffered to girl- who is the owner of the stolen bicycle, then the 2th answer is correct. But if the word "one" reffers to bicycle which it,s used by girls, then the 3th answer is correct

Dave Clare
2009-07-13 11:25:59 ET

I do hope that daddybrock32 intended a deliberate mistake.

Not sure if ZincOrange has given the correct intended message but it is much clearer than the two alternatives.

I would choose the second option in a multiple choice question but as pointed out, option 3 could also be correct.

2009-07-13 11:36:06 ET

the stolen bicycle belongs to one girl, so 2nd sentence is correct.

2009-07-13 13:12:50 ET

This's very practical,more of it.

Segun Isreal A
2009-07-14 21:22:30 ET

The girls indicate plura while the girl's is refering to someone among the family therefore girls which carry letter 's' at the back is a singular in lexical verb which refer to single girl is the correct answear 'c'

Aisha Rugalabamu
2009-07-15 08:58:39 ET

One girl's bicycle was stolen means her bicycle was stolen by some one so that was the right answer

EXCEL IHEKWEME
2009-07-19 22:20:02 ET

one discribes a person,therefore one girl's bicycle was stolen is the right answer. the apostrophy before s tells u that it is one girl while s refers to the bicycle.

Sasan
2009-07-20 03:10:50 ET

One of the bikes which belogs to one of the girls is stolen. And it isn't known whose bike is stolen .

Artv64
2009-07-20 03:17:49 ET

I me the first two answers could be correct and the third is not at all.
So my question is What is the correct answer???? I do not see it here.

Nayana Gunasiri
2009-07-20 05:19:53 ET

This bicycle is belongs to a girl. By saying one girl's bicycle , it shows that it belongs to a girl. so, the 2nd answer is correct.

shabnam
2009-07-20 08:52:21 ET

i contemplate the answer is one girl's bicycle was stolen.

Artha Tuladhar
2009-07-20 10:39:36 ET

My understanding: A girls' bicycle (not gents' type bicycle) was stolen.

2009-07-20 19:21:35 ET

Do they post the correct answers anywhere? I never see them. It would be so helpful if they would post the correct answer.

damilola
2009-07-21 14:46:25 ET

the second answer is correct. there is need for you to send the correct answer,it will clear all ambiguity and teach those who are not sure of the answer.

Abiola Ola
2009-07-22 09:57:49 ET

The answer should read ....One girl's bicycle was stolen.... because Girl's means something own by one girl.

Comfort Jackson
2009-07-23 17:04:45 ET

One girl's bicycle was stolen is the correct answer because the sentence refers to a singular and plural. Kindly let's know the correct answer.

agyeman Prempeh
2009-07-24 11:51:06 ET

a bicycle which belongs to one of the girls is stolen therefore the 2nd answer is correct

Bel.B
2009-07-24 20:24:39 ET

These sentences seems easy but can be very complex. One thing I know is; the 's indicates ownership for words that do not end with s while words that end with s follow the sign ' as for that words with just s for me are pural. so, whats the right answer?

Chol Koknyin
2009-07-25 18:04:54 ET

One girl's biclycle was stolen is correct.
Because, the singular subject always agrees with singular verb and the plural subject agrees with plural verb. in this case; one girl means singular and an apostraphy plus letter (s) shows the ownership of the bicycle and fact about the bicyle.

glynda
2009-07-26 04:31:49 ET

The sentence is a bit confusing. however, i go with ans.#2. One girl's bicycle was stolen. Because " one " refers to singular. meaning one of the girl's bicycle was stolen. however, if the sentence goes " one of those girls bicycle was stolen, then I go for ans#3.

Sandy
2009-07-26 12:54:59 ET

I interpreted the sentence as identifying the type of bicycle that was stolen. I didn't imply that it belonged to a girl or a boy but it was the style of the bike so my answer was, One girls bicycle was stolen. I imagine that there is no correct answer to this but the intrepretation you put into the sentence decides what word you should use.

maribeth
2009-07-26 15:50:28 ET

"One girl's bicycle was stolen. " is the correct sentence...because "was" refers to a singular form which is the bicycle (one) described as "girl's bicycle"

2009-07-29 21:15:22 ET

In all three sentences, the word "bicycle" is singular. If the sentence had read "Two girls bicycles were stolen" you would know that two bicycles were stolen and that they were both girls bicycles. Therefore, the first sentence is correct.

Regina Makengo
2009-08-10 06:41:21 ET

The answer should raed one girls bicyecle was stolen becouse Girls meas something own by on girl.

Ernest
2009-08-10 09:19:49 ET

The third answer is correct. It shows single person possession of the bike. The 1st signifies tended use of plural for the girl while the 2nd an action expression of ....... the girl is ..........

Peter Eke
2009-08-11 13:25:25 ET

i chose no 2 answer.my reason is that ,the sentence is more expressive and complete good understanding simple english.thanks

Afolabi Emmanuel
2009-08-20 10:06:05 ET

I guess practice make perfect in everything you do all the time. Thanks for this. I choose the second sentence as the correct one.

Piggy
2009-09-01 07:46:59 ET

well, wat is the correct answer actually!

bolington
2009-09-01 09:57:08 ET

i go for the 2nd answer,because its already indicate the answer as my own knowledge.bbbut what is the real answer please let peoples' known bcause of another time.

Margaret Miller
2009-09-14 15:32:11 ET

My guess is #2. But would really like the correct answer..

Husnain Zaman
2009-10-16 15:40:57 ET

I go for the 2nd answer because this is crrect accroding the grammer which i learnt.

shai
2010-01-25 00:28:59 ET

there are 3 types of example and the problem is, they all have letter "s", it means many girls but its not indicate who is the girl own the bicycle, that's why they use " GIRL's " because there's no indication that whom girl was stolen, thats why i go for number 2... final answer



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