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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 to indicate some letters have been omitted in a...

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...

Apostrophe ( ' ) See Possessives for more information. 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...

Hi there its his hers ours yours..are possessive pronouns and have no apostrophe, so your example is correct. Possession An apostrophe goes after the owner's name to show something belongs to him/her. If singular put the apostrophe at the end and add an "s".. Lionel's dog If the...

i would say: mind your 'p's and 'q's (no apostrophes, inverted commas). on another note, the general rule for apostrophes seems to be (from the links above) that they are not used with possessive pronouns (his, her, my, its), but does this also apply to 'one'? is it ones or one's? ...

As Taken from one of the site. Briefly, we can say that apostrophes have three uses: 1) To show possession in nouns We add an apostrophe and "s" after all singular nouns and after plural nouns that do not end in "s": Susan’s book; Pete’s dog; the children’s toys; the men’s room. ...

I realized, while reading your post, brattania, that American speakers would most likely not use the verb at the end in the construction, "I'm not as lucky as you "; however, assuming they know enough to avoid using him/her, would probably say, "I'm not as lucky as he/she is." Would you agree? If...

The (incomplete) Punctuation FAQ Hopefully this will grow in time, as other questions are asked and answered, and other people add to this. Hopefully (!) some kind moderator or adminstrator will mark this thread as sticky. INTRODUCTION In grammar, the rules are forged in a delicate...

Hi, Bews’, James’ Smiths’… The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar possessive (n. & adj.) (A word or case) indicating possession or ownership. The possessive case of nouns is also called the GENITIVE case, e.g. boy's, boys', Mary's, the Smiths'. Pronouns in the possessive case are the...