girls'-is it spelled like this

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Anonymous

#287652 Mon, 30 Oct 06 11:48 PM

girls' how would this be used

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#287684 Tue, 31 Oct 06 01:46 AM

Let's say I got a dollhouse for my two daughters. The girls' dollhouse is quite elaborate.

Let's say I got a bike for each of my two daughters. The girls' bikes need new tires.

In other words, more than one girl.

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#287788 Tue, 31 Oct 06 09:22 AM

Anonymous wrote:
girls' how would this be used

The word girl's is used when you are saying that a certain thing belongs to one girl.

The word girls' is used when you are saying that the things belong to more than one girl.

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