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Grammar Geek wrote: And what about their mother? The Spearses' mother? These plural-possessive-ending-in-S nouns seem to have half a dozen "correct" ways of writing them. Hi GG This intrigues me. Could you please tell me what other suggestions style guides have offered as correct plurals and...

I see little use for the apostrophe here. We do not normally use the Anglo-saxon genitive for inanimate objects, but use instead the noun as adjective: A table leg A 1960s recording label In any case, in a non-possessive situation, the apostrophe should be reserved only for the few situations...

Hello! I learned that when I use the apostrophe 's ( genitive case ) in the last name, it means that the noun that follows it (in this case the word ' music ') refers to both names. So concerning to the sentence below(*) the idea wouldn't be that the music is the same music for both groups...

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...

Hi, You are not asking an easy question. The 'apostrophe ess' form is called the Saxon genitive, which is derived from 'Old English', so it's a very old feature of the English language. It indicates possession or close association . Perhaps it's easier to see/feel close association when...

I was about to point out the same thing. According to some grammarians, there are no genitives in English. According to others they are the same as possessives. According to others they are only possessives formed with apostrophes. my, your, our Mary's, the students', a friend's...

From The Elements of Style : Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write, Charles's friend Burns's poems the witch's malice Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names ending in -es and -is ,...

Hi, Thanks for your answer. But I have to confess that I'm too confused about it now, once I always heard: " the bo y's mother " or the "studen ts' school " for example. So could you please, explain me the reason why for 'the husband of the actress' , I have to write = the actre ss's husband ...

Anonymous wrote: Hello! Please, which form is correct : the actres s husband (or) the actres s' husband ? And why ? What is the plural for 'lens'? E.g.: He smiled at the lens of the camera. Thanks, Andreas "The actress' husband" is correct. If a noun ends in "s", you just put...

I have met the genitive case of the noun coach : coach's , and I am wondering how to pronounce the apostrophe s ('s). Is it \z\ or \iz\?