When to use an apostrophe at the end of a word?
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When to use an apostrophe at the end of a word?
Use an apostrophe in the possessive form of a noun to indicate ownership. To show ownership, add apostrophe + s to the end of a word, with one exception: To show ownership with a plural noun already ending in s add only the apostrophe.
Is it Jones or Jones’s possessive?
Jones = Mr. Jones’s. Some people favor adding only an apostrophe to a singular noun ending in s, but if you follow the rule, you can’t be wrong. If a plural noun does not end in an s, you must make it possessive by adding an apostrophe and an s: women’s; children’s.
Is it Mrs Jones or Mrs Jones’s?
And since most people would likely pronounce an added s if the pen belonged to Mrs. Jones, it should be Mrs. Jones’s pen, rather than Jones’. It should be noted that CMOS does not concur, and prescribes ‘s with no exceptions (other than the aforementioned politics, economics, etc.).
How do you put an apostrophe after an s?
Rule 2a. Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es (guy, guys; letter, letters; actress, actresses; etc.). To show plural possession, simply put an apostrophe after the s.
When to put an apostrophe before the ‘s’ and when to put it after?
When you use an apostrophe before the ‘s’ it is to show singular possession. That means one person owns an object or an idea or an emotion. After the ‘s’ Using an apostrophe after the ‘s’ seems less common, and that is likely because it only occurs when showing plural possession.
Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?
The ‘s’ at the end of a word indicating possession (“The king’s fashion sense”) probably comes from the Old English custom of adding ‘-es’ to singular genitive masculine nouns (in modern English, “The kinges fashion sense”). In this theory, the apostrophe stands in for the missing ‘e’.
What does apostrophe after s mean?
Use an apostrophe+”s” (‘s) to show that one person/thing owns or is a member of something.