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RE: Apostrophe
February 14, 2010 at 1:55 am (This post was last modified: February 14, 2010 at 1:57 am by Shell B.)
Correct. To put it quite simply:

If the ball belongs to one boy: That is the boy's ball.

If the ball belongs to more than one boy: That is the boys' ball.

I have seen some people muck it up when it comes to words like children. Children is already plural, without the s. So, if the ball belongs to more than one child: That is the children's ball. Definitely not: That is the childrens' ball. (I have to admit that I would probably write "That ball belongs to the children.")
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Atheist Forums › Discussion › Off Topic v
Apostrophe

Messages In This Thread
Apostrophe - by Darwinian - February 12, 2010 at 7:56 pm
RE: Apostrophe - by fr0d0 - February 12, 2010 at 8:05 pm
RE: Apostrophe - by Tiberius - February 12, 2010 at 8:44 pm
RE: Apostrophe - by TruthWorthy - February 13, 2010 at 12:53 am
RE: Apostrophe - by Purple Rabbit - February 13, 2010 at 5:58 pm
RE: Apostrophe - by Eilonnwy - February 13, 2010 at 11:04 pm
RE: Apostrophe - by TruthWorthy - February 13, 2010 at 11:34 pm
RE: Apostrophe - by Tiberius - February 13, 2010 at 11:37 pm
RE: Apostrophe - by Shell B - February 14, 2010 at 1:26 am
RE: Apostrophe - by TruthWorthy - February 14, 2010 at 12:00 am
RE: Apostrophe - by TruthWorthy - February 14, 2010 at 1:48 am
RE: Apostrophe - by Shell B - February 14, 2010 at 1:55 am
RE: Apostrophe - by Rhizomorph13 - February 16, 2010 at 1:05 am
RE: Apostrophe - by Shell B - February 16, 2010 at 1:13 am
RE: Apostrophe - by padraic - February 16, 2010 at 2:20 am
RE: Apostrophe - by TruthWorthy - February 16, 2010 at 2:39 am



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