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The word "kids" is a standard plural word, so the possessive apostrophe goes after the s.
One kid: It's my kid's room.
Two kids: It's the kids' room.
It's the singular words that end in an s, x, ch,
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Hi VT You wrote that well. Here are my corrections/suggestions: (a) One Saturday night, Susan stayed alone at home. She was reading some books in her room before going to bed. (b) Suddenly, Susan saw an ugly monster coming out by / at the
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Thanks in advance for your help. My question concerns a particular part of a sentence. I have seen examples but still confuse myself. When referring to many patients should it be "each of our patient's needs" or "each of our
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No. A 'thank you' is a colloquial compound noun, like lounge room or room heater, and the 's' in 'thank yous' signifies the plural, so no apostrophe is used. Apostrophes are used to express possession e.g. Bob's car; or
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Apostrophe ( ' )
The apostrophe is used when leaving out a letter or number in a contraction, e.g. can't, wouldn't.
The apostrophe is used for omitted letters, e.g. rock 'n' roll, and for omitted numbers, e.g. the class of '72, the
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can Freddy, did you forget the topic of the question ... It is in the first line of text preceded bythe As usual, English has an exception here. Proper names, such as Yeats's (but not Moses'). Sigh. AM That isn't an example of an
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