The same applies to other singular nouns ending in an “s” sound when they are used before “sake.” The other common examples are “for conscience’ sake” and “for appearance’ sake.” Names ending in “s” There’s some disagreement about whether to add the extra “s” for the po...
Names ending in silent letters S, Z, or X always have an additional S after the apostrophe to show possession. Examples: De Prez’s music. Alexandre Dumas’s The Black Tulip. Arkansas’s capital. We often call people we know by their first name. But if we also mention their last name...
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...
LESSON #10.00.05: PUNCTUATION：Apostrophe (prepared by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)The Apostrophe (’)Apostrophes serve several key functions:1. Noun Possession: When forming possessive nouns, add an apostrophe followed by 's' (') to singular nouns not ending in 's', ...
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...
“s.” you can also add another ‘s’ after theapostrophe, but it isn’t usually required. if something is plural but not possessive, you don’t need anapostrophe. only use anapostrophewith last names ending in ‘s’ when they show possession. to shorten decades, replace the century ...
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 Drey...
In addition to abbreviated day name usages – Thu. or Thurs. – comes another common problem for me, which is abbreviating plural days of the week, for events held weekly – Saturdays at 8 p.m. How would this be abbreviated for space? Sats. at 8 p.m.? Sat.’s at 8 p.m.?