Type is too tiny...I see I missed the opening "I's." However, my grammar books accept the apostrophe after numbers made plural. Without is also correct, but with is perfectly fine.

if you count by two's, you miss it by one. if you count by five's, you miss it by the same amount. It is greater than 20. What is the smallest number it could be? Pretty good, but you still missed a couple of capital letters. And the

Hi, Yes, you need the apostrophe. Or you could say 'the work of the Orkney artists'. Clive

Hello JJ, Always the latter. All the best, MrP

Do you write: My mother’s- in- law Southern hospitality or My mother- in- law's Southern hospitality?

Hi, It's incorrect. Perhaps an apostrophe was intended. Clive

That's how it works for my ear. Others may find one of the other variations acceptable as well. But you can see how that applies to your degree situation. A BSc and an MSc degree. Or other variations entirely: I have both

1 Form the plural. 2 Add an apostrophe. 3 If the ending is now s', stop. 4 Otherwise add s. boy 1 boys 2 boys' 3 STOP Answer: boys' person 1 people 2 people' 3 No s'. 4 people's Answer: people's child 1 children 2

Context will tell. The imperative is uncommon in the US, but I surely agree with MrM's definition. We'd more likely use it as part of another phrase, in which " 'round the corner" stands for "around the corner."

In casual speaking, I probably use the more common double possessive sometimes. Hi Philip I am sure you prefer the double possessive in cases like this: I'm a colleague of his . CB As opposed to a colleague of him , absolutely.