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Thanks MrP I have just spotted the typo in my reply The family name is Beck and as a family they would be the Becks s to indicate plural The possessive of the Becks would be Becks and that is what I meant to type

Disclaimer The comments below are purely my opinion based on what I was taught however I may be wrong Hi Guest your sentence doesn t require any apostrophes as all the words you indicate are just regular plurals Apostrophes are used to indicate possession John s dog or contraction I don t know...

Hi there Thanks a lot In the sentence Their life is becoming stressful their is a plural possessive pronoun Their does not agree with life and is Their does not refer to one person How about this sentence People s life OR lives is OR are stressful Simon

What is proper We saw Dad and Mom s new boat YES We saw Dad s and Mom s new boat Wrong Joint possessives In the case of joint possession i e when two or more people own something together place the apostrophe or apostrophe s s only after the name closest to the item Incorrect We re going to Mom s...

the following not the followings There are no plural adjectives in English There is often no difference between the possessive structure company s requirement and the compound noun structure company requirement The compound noun is probably more common when the possessor is inanimate CJ

I ve looked all over for a definitive answer for names ending with an i The Martinis are coming to dinner The Sevieris are here now I seems adding only an s changes the pronunictiation of the name so it always feels like I should add an apostrophe somehwere Additionally how would you make these...

Neither of these is possessive Human rights violation yes this means the violation of human rights You are getting confused because rights ends with s The s shows a plural not possessive Not every of shows possessive It is similar to rules breaking Would you want to make that possessive

Neither of these is possessive Human rights violation yes this means the violation of human rights You are getting confused because rights ends with s The s shows a plural not possessive Not every of shows possessive Imagine it just said rules instead of human rights Would you still want to make...

Grammar Geek wrote In English the possessive pronoun or whatever you want to call my does not change with the object I can have one flower or a dozen flowers but I still use just my I know this is a contrast to French mon ami singular but mes amis plural so perhaps this is a contrast to your...

In English the possessive pronoun or whatever you want to call my does not change with the object I can have one flower or a dozen flowers but I still use just my I know this is a contrast to French mon ami singular but mes amis plural so perhaps this is a contrast to your native language as well...