We’ve seen how the apostrophe was added as the mark of thesingular possessivebecause of a mistaken notion that a letter was missing before the -s. Once the’sbecame established as the possessive ending of a singular noun, it was inevitable that the apostrophe would also be used in the fo...
Singular and plural nouns and how they're taught in primary school, plus how KS1 and KS2 children learn about the formation of irregular plurals and how to use possessive apostrophes. What are singular and plural? A noun names an object, person or place. When a noun is singular, it mean...
However, “county’s” is a singular possessive that cannot be correct because the sentence references two counties. In order to show plural possession, first make the singular word plural, then add the apostrophe: singular: county, plural: counties, plural possessive: counties’. Therefore the ...