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What's wrong with this sentence?

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While Charlies parents were pleased with his grades, they still found a plethora of picky things; to nag and torture their only son with.
 
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Re: Whats wrong in this sentence?

The possessive 's (genitive) is missing in 'Charlies parents'.

It should be Charlie's parents
 
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Juliam said:
While Charlies parents were pleased with his grades, they still found a plethora of picky things; to nag and torture their only son with.
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It's his parents that were picky, not the things they nagged him about. Try:
Although Charlie's parents were pleased with his grades, they still found many things to nag and torture their only son about.
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