We are in need of donations from local business'. Would you kindly solicit donations from the following businesses:
The above sentences are being used in a letter, I am having a problem with the word business'. and businesses: What is the correct way to use this word.
The above sentences are being used in a letter, I am having a problem with the word business'. and businesses: What is the correct way to use this word.
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The apostrophe is used to show that something belongs to something else (It's called the Genitive case). Normally (though not always) the apostrophe or apostrophe + s are followed by a noun.
e.g. The dog's bones = the bones that the dog has...one dog.
the dogs' bones = the bones that the dogs have.....more than one dog...plural.
When a plural word ends in S, that is when we only put the apostrophe alone.
e.g. my parents' car
Since it is not a plural word that ends in S, we use the 's.......children's toys.
Remember that children never has an S on the end in plural form, the word children is already in plural form.
JP