The word "kids" is a standard plural word, so the possessive apostrophe goes after the s. One kid: It's my kid's room. Two kids: It's the kids' room. It's the singular words that end in an s, x, ch,

Which is correct? 1980s or 1980's for plural, not possessive

a) is ok b) I would suggest that other information is required in the final sentence. Maybe ' He was told that the firemen would arrive in a few minutes', or ' the firemen would be arriving is a few minutes. c) If you are talking about

Ok, I deleted the other thread you started, since it's the same as this. Well, it depends if they are irregular or not. "Girl" is not irregular, so you can just add the 's': one girl, two girls. "Country" is not

Can inanimate, conceptual nouns "possess?" Yes, however, there are different ways in which we express possessive of inanimate nouns. Sometimes the noun is used in the sense of an adjective: The summer months The summer holiday The

Hi InViVe: * I am almost certain that one is needed in a title of a chapter of a document i am writing, specifically: "Robotics platforms' overview". Am i right? I woould not use an apostrophe because it is not possessive (the

Hi VT You wrote that well. Here are my corrections/suggestions: (a) One Saturday night, Susan stayed alone at home. She was reading some books in her room before going to bed. (b) Suddenly, Susan saw an ugly monster coming out by / at the

Sometimes-- mostly when you are making a possessive of a plural noun: the seven brother s' brides.

I would have expected '..of the customer's using it' Yeah, very many people do not bother with the possessive in cases like this. Some deliberately avoid it because they think it looks pedantic, but the majority are blissfully

The correct form is "eight years' experience" because you have more than one year (so years' versus year's) and are using the apostrophe to signify the possessive form. I usually write it as "eight years of