In Possessives^x, Abbreviations^x

Teachers'/students' are pronounced only as -zHans's/Strauss's are -siz.There is disagreement and discussion as to whether " 's " is used with words/names ending in "s". In my opinion they should, since the abbreviation represents archaic "Hans his...

If you are concerned with the possessive, it might help to remember that the possessive "'s" is an abbreviation of "his", so archaically it would be "Jesus his mother.

I quite agree with Curricula Vitae (being plural) as it is based on the use of a Latin phrase. A possible alternative is "Work History" as we speak English (not Latin) or resume (as point out by another poster).Also, if you see CV's this is wrong according to contemporary...

Actually, the possessive would be "ninteen ninties'" because you're talking about a possessive of the plural form, the decade is constituted by all of the years in total. So the abbreviated form of the possessive should be 1990s' - with the apostrophe after the s, just...

Hello fooladder, welcome to the forums. Obvioulsy, with the possessive, you use the apostrophe. It was a popular tune sometime back in the early 1990s. He has 1990's biggest hit record. (Obviously, a possessive.) EDITED for clarity -by this I mean the one year, 1990. He was the...

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...

Hi, For some it is a dream, for you its a dream come true Incorrect or for some it is a dream, for you it's a dream come true Correct I generally get confused when to use its or it's kindly help me for this. Its is a possessive adjective, eg the cat licked its paws. It's is an abbreviation...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

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...