Read the two excerpts from the paragraph. " the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge. truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, 'spare the rod and spoil the child.' ichabod crane's scholars certainly were not spoiled." "all this he called 'doing his duty by their parents; ' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance, so consolatory to the smarting urchin, that 'he would remember it and him for it the longest day he had to live.'" the author's word choice is developed chiefly to express what sort of tone?

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Hi! your answer would be  the women's association.  here's why:   "the childrens toys" should be "the children's toys".  there's no apostrophe anywhere, and should go after "children". it does  not go after the 's' because children is already plural, and you usually only add an apostrophe after a plural noun ends with an s, like boys or girls, for example. that is the boys' toys."the women's association", is correct.  it's kinda like the one above.  "the childrens' toys", is not correct. reason why is explained in the first one.  "none of these" isn't correct, because "the women's association" is correct.  hoped i and if you have any more questions, ask me.  -dawn