By Apostrophes, Possessives

It had been Thomas and her secret hiding place when they were children. Since they hid in the same place, an apostrophe after Thomas is not necessary.

Note where the apostrophes occur, and where they don't. The rows show the subject form, the object form, the possessive adjective form, and the possessive pronoun form, respectively. I you he she we they it Kate the child the boys me you him ...

Hello, In the sentence, "It had been Thomas's and her's secret hiding place when they were children." Is the apostrophe after 'her' correct? It seems that it should be, but my MS Word Grammar check does not recognize it. Thank you for your great service. ...

It's possessive so should have the apostrophe.

Are you asking about forming a possessive by the addition of apostrope-s? If so, then here are some thoughts. I just wrote this stuff off the top of my head, so it's not meant to be any sort of definitive analysis. There is no problem with making possessives from inanimate nouns. For...

.The facilities do not belong to the seniors, but are merely used by them. I suggest avoiding apostrophes by using senior care facilities and basic skills issues. The first is concerned with senior care and the second is concerned with basic skills.

Hi There: Is it "seniors care facilities" and "basic skills issues" or "seniors' care facilties" and "basic skills' issues"? I'm confused about the use of the apostrophe here. I don't think they require apostrophes, but i can't...

As I understand it the choice belongs to Adam therefore you need the possessive "Adam's choice".Edit:I believe you mean apostrophe not comma.

Rule One: Don't ever use apostrophes when you are making a plural. Apostrophe's in your title is incorrect. Rule Two: Use apostrophes when you are making a possessive. Sometimes it goes before the s and sometimes after the s. You need to learn the rule and if you search this site...

Actually, the possessive would be "ninteen ninties'" because you're talking about a possessive of the plural form, the decade is constituted by all of the years in total. So the abbreviated form of the possessive should be 1990s' - with the apostrophe after the s, just...