With plural nouns ending in “s,” you add the apostrophe after “s” and do not add an additional “s.” For example, the plural noun parents becomes parents’ (not “parent’s” or “parents’s”) in a phrase like “my parents’ car.” An apostrophe can also be used to indicate...
Using an apostrophe to word ending in "s" can be tricky. Using an apostrophe after the "s" at the end of a word usually occurs when trying to add possession to a noun. Adding another "s" after the apostrophe can look awkward if the word already ends with the letter. Using an ...
We use both an apostrophe and the letter S to make the possessive form of a noun. But where we put the apostrophe—before or after the S—varies between singular nouns and plural nouns. It also depends on how the plural form of a noun is spelled. In general, the rule is to use onl...
13. Ii adding an apostrophe to a plural noun ending in `s`. 在以`s` 结尾的复数名词加上 `。 14. Nicole: Yes, and here you will need to add an apostrophe. 妮可:对,而且这里要加一个省略符号。 15. apostrophe是什么意思 15. General Punctuation characters are composed from regular punctuation...
Get a quick rundown on apostrophe rules for contractions and plurals plus how to use possessive apostrophes and apostrophes after 's.'
If she wins in November, Harris would become the fourth U.S. president with a last name ending in S and the first since Rutherford B. Hayes, who was elected in 1876 — 130 years before the founding of Twitter — and was spared the social media frenzy over apostrophes. Harris is the ...
Debate about possessive proper names ending in S started soon after President Joe Biden cleared the way for Harris to run last month. Is it Harris' or Harris's? But the selection of Walz with his sounds-like-an-s surname really ramped it up, said Benjamin Dr...
In modern Turkish, the apostrophe is used to separate proper names from inflectional endings ( İzmir’de ‘in İzmir’). This is not the case with inflected common nouns ( şehirde ‘in the city’). In this respect, the apostrophe constitutes an i
You didn’t realize it at the time, but last week waspart I of apostrophes, and today is part II. Today’s topic is tough apostrophe issues. How Do You Make Singular Words Ending in S Possessive? I said it inthe last episode about apostrophes, and I’ll say it again: there are som...
This is a great resource. However I’m not sure I agree that possessive apostrophes should be removed from English writing. It would be too bizarre. Leslie July 8, 2009 at 5:52 pm My biggest question has to do with names that end in s. The Adams’ house? The Adams’s house? Happy...