No, no apostrophe in the 1600s . The apostrophe is a possessive marker, not a plural marker. It is grudgingly approved only in a very limited number of cases which would otherwise look confusing, as in this: mind your p's and q's .

No possessive punctuation . that of takes care of the possessive.

The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that the attributive (no apostrophe)

Please try to do a little work yourself first: look in your dictionary and read about forming possessives . Post your list here and we will check it. And be careful of your spelling.

THERE: — adv. 1. in or at that place (opposed to here ): She is there now. 2. at that point in an action, speech, etc.: He stopped there for applause. 3. in that matter, particular, or respect: His anger was justified there. 4. into

What is the correct spelling for the possessive of Jones? Is is Jones' or Jones's?

And what do you think about: “He is going to satisfy any caprice of hers”. Does this sentence sound OK? Not really. any is tricky. (I don't have to tell you that. ) If any occurs after the verb, one of these things is often also present:

While both are usually accepted, "Jones's" is technically correct. I would know. That's my last name. Spelling usually bows in these cases to local conventions of pronounciation.

can you help analyze the structure of this sentence? I cannot understand its grammatical structure. inspect one's way?? what's that? Beth Levin ( English Verb Classes and Alternations ) classifies it as the X's way construction.

Alex: Here's a bit more explaination on Mr. M's valour Your speaking German is cute. Speaking is a gerund, and the subject (singular) in the sentence. Your can be interpreted as either the subject of the gerund, or the possessive