Just checking.. Really glad you picked those up! That's another thing I hate, apostrophes in the wrong place.

Alex, look at the position of your apostrophe. Student's vs. Students'

Hi, Please could you check the grammar is correct for this sentence? Do I need to change for apostrophe? You might want to look at my companies company's services. (I only have one company). Best wishes, Clive

Hi there Mdtrainer! Although names ending in s or an s sound are not required to have the second s added in possessive form, it is preferred. Mr. Jones's golf clubs Texas's weather Ms. Straus's daughter Jose Sanchez's artwork

With a tiny number of possible pathological exceptions (for example, when writing the plural of the letter "a"), you should never use an apostrophe to form a plural. So, you should write "Ferraris", "BMWs",

In addition, it is often better style to avoid the Anglo-Saxon possessive of a plural noun-- the apostrophe can be distracting. It is is often even better to adjectivize the plural noun: student learning ability.

The general rule is to add an apostrophe and -s to form the possessive case of most nouns, including plural nouns and proper nouns ending in -s. It is not wrong to write Mrs. Gowers's, or, to pronounce all of it. However, it is awkward to both

The use of the apostrophe has nothing to do with the genitive in your example. It is common to add an apostrophe before a plural ending (s) if the s is added to an abbreviation, a numeral or anything that is not a noun. In your case this is simply

HI, Before I realized it, he had grown to an essential player. Alex-93

#1 is more usual; it avoids the apostrophe problem. Use singular ( shoe store, tape recorder ); the plural is rare and idiomatic ( sports center ).