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No apostrophe should be used. A 'thank you' is a colloquial compound noun. To put an 's' on it is to signify the plural. The apostrophe is only used to express possession e.g. Bob's radio; or missing letter/s such as the 'no' omitted in 'can't' which in its...

Rule One: Don't ever use apostrophes when you are making a plural. Apostrophe's in your title is incorrect. Rule Two: Use apostrophes when you are making a possessive. Sometimes it goes before the s and sometimes after the s. You need to learn the rule and if you search this site...

I think the p's and q's argument is most salient here. The apostrophe is used for the sake of clarity. While conventionally used for the possessive, the apostrophe is also used to indicate vernacular omissions and contractions, such as in the cases of "Ol' Dirty ***" or...

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....

I agree that it's useless to add apostrophe-s to indicate is when the word ends in a sibilant (i.e., would take -es to form a plural). In these cases the apostrophe-s looks very strange, and nothing is gained where pronunciation is concerned. But in all other cases (regardless of whether...

Disclaimer : The comments below are purely my opinion based on what I was taught, however I may be wrong --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Guest,your sentence doesn't require any apostrophes as all the words you...

What is proper? We saw Dad and Mom's new boat. (YES!) We saw Dad's and Mom's new boat (Wrong!) Joint possessives In the case of joint possession, i.e., when two or more people own something together, place the apostrophe or apostrophe s (‘s) only after the...

Grandmother's making me a new blue blanket. Can you tell me about the " 's " in Grandmother's? I'm confused about the use of the apostrophy. From the www.Dr.Grammar.org The apostrophe is used for three purposes: to indicate the omission of one or more letters (can't, don't) or figures...

Hi Kathy,I would say CDs is more common in the U.S.To make it possessive, you would then make it CDs'. If you want the gory details, you can surf the web yourself. I've pasted below a section from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation Whether to add an apostrophe for a plural where the...

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 '20s. The apostrophe is used for plurals of letter...