By Nouns, Apostrophes

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...

.It is not important grammatically---only practically. If you use the noun as adjective, you don't have to worry about misplaced apostrophes.

My parents are going into business, our last name is Dittmann, and they want to name their business "Dittmanns' Ahnapee Arts" (Ahnapee being a local township). Now, since the name is referring to both of them, and it would be posessive, would this above 's-apostrophe' be...

Anon, First, If you really want to improve your English, begin by applying the basic grammar. You must use your apostrophe in the questions? in this case, you need one beteween the "n" and the "t". Secondly,"tanx" or "thx" is really not a correct form of...

1. The possessive of a plural noun ending in s is formed by adding: A. another s and an apostrophe. B. another s only. C. an apostrophe only. D. none of the above I think the answer is C. 2. Which of the following shows the correct possessive form of a plural noun? A. three dogs bowls B....

Let me be more emphatic - the apostrophe would be WRONG. Never use an apostrophe to make a normal noun plural.

The tendency nowadays is to add a simple -s when pluralising abbreviations, letters of the alphabet, symbols, numerals, and so on, though -'s is still fairly common. So the abbreviations MP and VIP would preferably be pluralised as MPs and VIPs; similarly words not usually used as nouns:...

Yes, but not to make them possessive; they're possessive already. 's meaning is or has is possible with mine. Mine's bigger and better than yours. Mine's been taken.CJ

"the answer is that you can't. Can you think of an example where you might?" The only time you would write an apostrophe with a possessive pronoun would be to indicate the contraction 's for is: That's not my jacket. Mine's over there. JJM

Hi, My understanding is that possesive nouns always get an apostrophe. It wouldn't look right to use an apostrophe with a possessive pronoun, but is the same true, do possesive pronouns ever get an apostrophe, or never? If you are asking whether you can ever say things like This...