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Fill in the blank.
_________are still tortured in remote villages.

  1. A
    Daughter-in-laws
  2. B
    Daughters-in-laws
  3. C
    Daughters-in-law
  4. D
    Daughter-in-law

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The sentence requires a plural subject because it is followed by the plural auxiliary verb "are".
For compound nouns formed with a prepositional phrase attachment (like daughter-in-law), the rule for making the word plural is to append the '-s' suffix exclusively to the principal root word (which is the noun component "daughter"). Hence, the correct plural form is Daughters-in-law.

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Fill in the blank.
_________are still tortured in remote villages.
A
Daughter-in-laws
B
Daughters-in-laws
C
Daughters-in-law
D
Daughter-in-law

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