Questions tagged [apostrophe]
This tag is for questions about the usage of the apostrophe.
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..eating a pig's head..why not “pig head”?
In my grammar book, the following is stated:
2.5 animals
1. Use ’s when referring to the parts of the body of a living animal.
2. Use ’s when referring to the products of living animals.
3. ...
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Where do you put an Apostrophe in this sentence
This position will play a key role in the Universities fundraising strategies.
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The Smith's paper vs the Parkinson's foundation
Following grammar rules I know (quoting):
The ’s is placed immediately after the last letter of the author (or
name, country, etc.). Note: do not use the before the name of the
author.
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Where does the apostrophe go in “participant(s) ratings”?
Which of the following sentences is correct? I'm unsure regarding the participant(s).
Figures showing the distribution of the participants' ratings on the math tasks.
Figures showing the ...
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Apostrophes and “of”
hello, I know that we cannot use "of" with names,
my book says " Tina's cat" is correct but "the cat of Tina" is not correct.
but what about the screenshot?
"the army of John Sena"
or
"the ...
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She's someone's sister vs. She's someones' sister
I recently found on a website a picture from a gathering. An individual had a sign saying She's someone's sister. As a non-native English speaker, I'm wondering why isn't She's someones' sister the ...
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Apostrophes in Time expressions with articles
Reading a book called "English for Academic Research" from A. Wallwork, he mentiones this:
The genitive is used when a time period is used adjectivally.
2. The genitive is not used when time ...
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sheep's opinion or opinion of the sheep
This is a famous game of thrones quote:
The lion does not concern himself with the opinion of the sheep.
what is the difference between this sentence and this sentence:
The lion does not ...
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“Your face looks like my sister's friend face” or “my sister's friend”?
Which sentence should I use to show that she has the same face and should I use feature instead of face?
"Your face looks like my sister's friend face"
or just
"Your face looks like my sister'...
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Parenthesis with apostrophe, how to order and how to space?
I have a very simple phrase:
I want to introduce Adam's kid
I want to insert a pair of parentheses for Agda, say, should be like this:
I want to introduce Adam (my friend)'s kid
But I'm not ...
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Where should the apostrophe go in “Cas's Cookies”?
My name is Cas and I make cookies to sell. I call my little enterprise Cas's Cookies. Is this the proper use of an apostrophe?
If I put the apostrophe after the second s then it changes my name to ...
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Professor of Botany's research - is it a weird apostrophe?
It was professor of Botany's research and not Biology's.
Can an apostrophe be used like that? Obviously, I'm talking about the research that was conducted by the professor of Botany and not Biology
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Girls Under 12 Champions. [closed]
Should there be an apostrophe in girls in the expression “Girls Under 12 Champions”
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Peeves’ or Peeves’s?
Why would Filch from Harry Potter 2 say: “… go now, I have to write up Peeves’ report … go …”
Would saying Peeves’s have been a mistake?
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Use of '“s” only in possession? [duplicate]
I am writing a scientific paper and I wonder if 's is only used refering to a possession.
For example, I think "bird's feathers" is a correct expression, but I wonder if "bird's exposure", meaning ...
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I'm going to the dry cleaner's - why the apostrophe S? [duplicate]
"Dave's car" means the "car of Dave".
But why do we need the apostrophe S in: I'm going to the dry cleaner's ?
Is there another way to say this phrase? For example: I'm going to the establishment ...
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What does “robbin” mean here?
Doctor Who: The Stone Rose
'What? It can't be that bad, can it? You've not been robbin' it or
something? Or you been seeing one of the girls in the gift shop and
you don't wanna tell me about ...
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Are possessive nouns with apostrophe plural?
The center's much-hyped attempt to privatise Air India by disinvesting 74 percent equity has come a cropper.
I am still not able to understand how "attempt" is considered as noun rather then verb.
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Genitive Case, when use apostrophe and why not allways
I'm writing an article about computer science and I have the following problems:
Is method's name the same as method name?
Is attribute’s name the same as attribute name?
Is property's name the ...
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Is it possible to form possessive just changing the order?
I saw this two examples:
The emperor of China and China's emperor.
Is it possible to say: "China emperor" without the apostrophe? I saw some examples in ficcion books, like:
The England's king ...
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Why is there no apostrophe in “NEW YEAR MESSAGES”?
Normally, we say
NEW YEAR's RESOLUTIONS
but when it comes to saying
NEW YEAR MESSAGES
where does that little apostrophe go from "YEAR"?
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Can 's express plural？
There's a sentence in my textbook:
My sister got A's in her final exam.
Shouldn't be As instead in this case?
Can 's also be a kind of stylish for the plural?
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Is a possessive apostrophe required after minutes in “After a few minutes' use…”?
Wondering if a possessive apostrophe is correct after 'minutes' in the sentence: "After a few minutes' use, the hairdryer stopped working."? I know it's correct to have one in the sentence "In a few ...
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Question of apostrophe
I already asked similar question in the following: meaning of plural of plural v.s. singular of plural.
For example, when I want to express crash among many cars, I used cars' crashing.
However, in ...
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Her parents gave away the prizes to our school (school's?) children
Is it all right to say :
Her parents gave away the prizes to our school children.
Or I need to add apostrophe with school ?
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People names or people's names?
Which is correct:
Of all the people names in all the world's countries, the most common is Muhammad.
Of all the people's names in all the world's countries, the most common is Muhammad.
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“This's” instead of “this is”
Is it popular to contract "this is" to "this's"? Or is it better to keep the full form?
This's where we'll go tomorrow.
Or
This is where we'll go tomorrow.
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Is apostrophe correct in teachers day?
Source
For the compound noun teachers day, some people call it teacher day and some other call it teachers' day. However, I believe that apostrophe implies possession and so as a day cannot be ...
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where does the apostrophe go in this sentence?
Where would the apostrophe go in:
'he dedicated his days to...'
Would it be days, day's or days'?
Thank you.
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Singular / plural adjective [closed]
What is basically difference between adding a apostrophe to a singular adjective ghost like ghost's and without it like ghosts
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How to use an apostrophe for two or more names?
In this sentence:
In Fermat, Lagrange, Newton and Gauss studies [...].
Where should we put the apostrophe?
The complete sentence is here:
Besides Fermat, Lagrange, Newton and Gauss' studies ...
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Where to place the 's
I have the following long sentence :
If one of those promotions has a name that matches xxx, ...
I would rather write it shortly :
If one of those' name matches xxx, ...
My question is : what ...
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Dine at our uncle's (home/house)
Is it necessary to use a noun (home/house/place/restaurant) after the word "uncle's" in this sentence?
Tomorrow, we shall dine at our uncle's.
Isn't it correct?
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“A patients guide” or “A patient's guide”?
I am working on one of my employer's websites, and we have a video guide up for patients of how a particular procedure works. The guide was previously titled "A patients guide to [X]", but I have ...
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Where do I put an apostrophe in the word “datas”?
I'm writing a sentence: "Check the data's properties."
Is that apostrophe in the right place? Since data is a plural (of datum, right?) I wonder if it should be datas' and not data's.
Or does it ...
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Using “I's” rather than “mine”
In a sentence, if I want to say "the items of my family and I ", can I say it in this way: my family and I's items or is the correct replacement "mine". Can an explanation to why "I's" is correct or ...
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Is apostrophe is to be put or not: “it will be sent to your address as an official representative'(?)s”?
I was writing an e-mail and stuck on this part:
"...a certificate will be sent to your address as the local representative’s."
I have doubts about the apostrophe. Actually I did sent e-mail ...
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Genitive s for objects [duplicate]
If you say the aim of Ben, you can also say Ben's aim.
If you say the objective of the project (which is not a person but an object), do you say the project's objective or the projects objective?
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When can't we shorten It is to It's
I have noticed that in some cases people write it is while in others it's. And in some cases you just cannot write it's.
Is that your book over there? Maybe it is.
It's a beautiful flower. Yes, it is,...
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Why are apostrophes used when omitting letters in words like “'em” or “ridin'”?
The apostrophe in English is a very valuable sign. I want to know about the way it is used to omit letters of a word. I often see authors omitting letters in dialogues (in books, articles, blogs, ...
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How to pronounce “two boys' families”?
How to pronounce "two boys' families"?
"two boyses family" or
"two boys families"?
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Can a possessive S be attached to nouns that are not human beings (or animals)?
Can a possessive S be attached to nouns that are not human beings (or animals)?
For example, instead of saying "the back of the chair", can I say "the chair's back"?
I remember learning that not ...
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Apostrophe for possession in decades?
Do you use an apostrophe for possession in decades--not for plurals, just possession, as in "a 1960s style," that is, "a style of the 1960s"?
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Pluralization of an Plural Proper Noun (Organization)
I work for the University of Southern California's USC Games department.
How would I indicate possessive ownership of items belonging to that department.
Is
USC Games' student developers
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Possessive apostrophe s and definite article
I wrote:
The value can be a constant value (numbers or strings), a node’s attribute prefixed with @ symbol...
by a node's attribute I mean an attribute of the node. Did it mean what I expect? How ...
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“This gift's for you” to mean “This gift is for you”
Is it grammatically correct to write:
This gift's for you
meaning "This gift is for you"?
Some say that I can't use 's in this way after a noun. After a noun it would be considered as ...
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Is it ok to say “Improved the RBT's deletion operation's implementation”?
I've had this question more than once, and that is, when I'm referring to "something which belongs to something which belongs to something else".
For example, in the following phrase I'm referring to ...
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Why do we use possessive for a pronoun but not an apostrophe for its noun?
I know that it is correct to say:
The table handle is rugged.
When the noun table is replaced by its pronoun, then:
Its handle is rugged.
But why don't we say something like:
The table's ...
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Why is there an apostrophe after years
I'm reading an wikipedia article:
(...) was sentenced to five years' probation and one year in the House of Correction (...)
Why five years' has an apostrophe? What does that sentence mean?
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What does `'s` mean in “What CPU's will it run on?”?
Does it indicate a possessive adjective or just a plural noun? If noun, why it is not CPUs (without apostrophe)?
