By Plural words, Genitives

Hi, I think it has been noted in this forum that a genitive (I think it means a noun that has or is from a verbal root) can be (made it to be) a countable noun, possibly like this "a barking of a dog need not be heeded." Here, a barking can be said to be an instance of barking. 1. Why has the...

Businesses is correct. It is the plural of Business. The apostrophe is used to show that something belongs to something else (It's called the Genitive case). Normally (though not always) the apostrophe or apostrophe + s are followed by a noun. e.g. The dog's bones = the bones that the dog...