In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, (Q.96) to destroy them. The (Q.97) framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to come along 66 years (Q.98) and (Q.99) it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual (Q.100) the society.
Find the appropriate word for Q.97.
- AConstitutions'
- BConstitution's
- CConstitutions
- DConstitution
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The sentence refers to the framers of the Constitution. "Constitution" acts as a noun adjunct modifying "framers". Thus, "Constitution framers" is the standard and correct usage. Possessive forms like Constitution's are unnecessary and awkward when used as a compound modifier like this.