Question

(1) Japan is interesting for many reasons and vending machines is one of them. (2) The country has more than five million vending machines. (3) Many city corners, train stations, and restaurants house these machines. (4) Many vending machines are like the ones you see in the U.S. (5) However, there are vending machines for eggs, bananas, hamburgers, coffee, umbrellas, t-shirts, and even mystery gifts. (6) You can see people wearing surgical masks if they have a cold, and they can buy masks from a vending machines. (7) Some vending machines which offer living things, feature puppies, kitties, or flowers.

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?
Responses
A Delete the commaDelete the comma
B Change both masks to maskChange both masks to mask
C Change they to theirChange they to their
D Change machines to machine

Answer 1

The correct way to write sentence 6 is:

C. Change they to their

This correction would make the sentence read: "You can see people wearing surgical masks if they have a cold, and they can buy their masks from a vending machine." This improves clarity by indicating whose masks are being referred to.