In Apostrophes^x, Possessives^x

Hello Guys!Which one is correctly used Apostrophe ('s)1- The boy's basketball team plays every friday, but the girls play every other Thusday.2- Carl's and Sara's schoolbooks are on the kitchen table.3-The childrens' activity period lasts 15 minutes.

.It is not important grammatically---only practically. If you use the noun as adjective, you don't have to worry about misplaced apostrophes.

.The apostrophe after the plural Dittmans is correct for the possessive. However, it is an uncommon choice, and likely to be a source of continuing confusion (on the one hand) or nitpicking (on the other hand) for friends, customers and suppliers.I highly recommend Dittmann's Ahnapee Arts...

My parents are going into business, our last name is Dittmann, and they want to name their business "Dittmanns' Ahnapee Arts" (Ahnapee being a local township). Now, since the name is referring to both of them, and it would be posessive, would this above 's-apostrophe' be...

Anon, First, If you really want to improve your English, begin by applying the basic grammar. You must use your apostrophe in the questions? in this case, you need one beteween the "n" and the "t". Secondly,"tanx" or "thx" is really not a correct form of...

, perhaps slightly higher."

Hi, I have difficulty figuring out how to write the word that follows something like an 'as much/twice as something' or 'twice as something' expression -- should it be in a 'plain' form or in the possessive? I feel some people are unable to correctly the right situations...

1. The possessive of a plural noun ending in s is formed by adding: A. another s and an apostrophe. B. another s only. C. an apostrophe only. D. none of the above I think the answer is C. 2. Which of the following shows the correct possessive form of a plural noun? A. three dogs bowls B....

Yes, but not to make them possessive; they're possessive already. 's meaning is or has is possible with mine. Mine's bigger and better than yours. Mine's been taken.CJ

"the answer is that you can't. Can you think of an example where you might?" The only time you would write an apostrophe with a possessive pronoun would be to indicate the contraction 's for is: That's not my jacket. Mine's over there. JJM