By Grammar, Possessives

Mr Jones's briefcase or Mr Jones' briefcase?During my high school, I was taught to use the second one. Later, I learnt that both are acceptable. Source 1:Some writers will say that the -s after Charles' is not necessary and that adding only the apostrophe (Charles' car) will suffice to show...

Sakes is the plural for sake, I think those people you heard simply used the plural, but what I meant is that you have to put the possessive case "God's". Then it can be followed by sake or sakes, the meaning that Grammar Geek gave you remains the same even for the plural, I suppose!

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

I know this is a grammar board, but I figured this would be the place to inquire about the apostrophe. In a recent newspaper article in a local publication, the last name of a gentleman was Williams. Because his name ends in an "s" and it's a proper noun, shouldn't the possessive be "Williams's"...

Here is my understanding of it, from the point of view of a native speaker of AmE. The pronomialized versions require the possessive pronoun: of mine, of yours, of his, of hers, of ours, of theirs. The nominal versions can take either form: of Mike, of Mike's; of Ann, of...

Feebs11 wrote: Hxcboatcaptain wrote:I'm wondering about a grammar rule that even my high school literature teacher couldn't help me with. For example, I know that if you're talking about two people (in the third person) sharing an item, you say, "Mom and Dad's car got totalled."If you mean...

Hxcboatcaptain wrote:I'm wondering about a grammar rule that even my high school literature teacher couldn't help me with. For example, I know that if you're talking about two people (in the third person) sharing an item, you say, "Mom and Dad's car got totalled."If you mean multiple objects...

I'm wondering about a grammar rule that even my high school literature teacher couldn't help me with. For example, I know that if you're talking two people (in the third person) sharing an item, you say, "Mom and dad's car got totalled."If you mean multiple objects two people own in common, you...

New2grammar wrote:Here are some verbs with my guesses on their prepositions. Could someone please verify? kick him in the face punch him in the face stab him in the back shot him in the back bite him on the ear lick him on the ear touch him on the nose Note: I'm aware that the common...