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2. Here’s When You Should Use an Apostrophe - AOL

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   Most plural nouns only need an apostrophe, such as, “The dogs’ leashes.” If you’re dealing with a plural word or name that already ends in “s,” add an “-es” to the end to pluralize ...

3. English possessive - Wikipedia

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   The possessive form of an English noun, or more generally a noun phrase, is made by suffixing a morpheme which is represented orthographically as ' s (the letter s preceded by an apostrophe), and is pronounced in the same way as the regular English plural ending (e)s: namely, as / ɪ z / when following a sibilant sound (/ s /, / z /, / ʃ /, / ʒ /, / tʃ / or / dʒ /), as / s / when following ...

4. Template : Early Modern English personal pronouns (table)

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   Possessive; 1st person singular I me my/mine [# 1] mine plural we us our ours 2nd person singular informal thou thee thy/thine [# 1] thine plural informal ye you your yours formal you 3rd person singular he/she/it him/her/it his/her/his (it) [# 2] his/hers/his [# 2] plural they them their theirs

5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   See English plural § Singulars with collective meaning treated as plural. English nouns are not marked for case as they are in some languages, but they have possessive forms, through the addition of -'s (as in John's , children's ) or just an apostrophe (with no change in pronunciation) in the case of -[e]s plurals ( the dogs' owners ) and ...

6. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 January 14

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   It should properly be girls' basketball, which is the possessive plural. You see girls basketball a lot, but it is not really correct. The difference with women's is that "women", although plural, does not end in an s. The apostrophe for plural possessives applies only when the plural ends in s. --Trovatore 03:04, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

7. Apostrophe - Wikipedia

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   For possessive plurals of words ending in a silent x, z or s, the few authorities that address the issue at all typically call for an added s and suggest that the apostrophe precede the s: The Loucheux's homeland is in the Yukon; Compare the two Dumas's literary achievements.

8. Sunk U.S. WWII ship known as 'Dancing Mouse' is found after ...

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   An American World War II warship that played a key role in Allied campaigns in the Pacific has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean more than 80 years after it was sunk.. The U.S.S ...

9. Possession (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   Possession may be marked in many ways, such as simple juxtaposition of nouns, possessive case, possessed case, construct state (as in Arabic and Nêlêmwa), [3] or adpositions (possessive suffixes, possessive adjectives). For example, English uses a possessive clitic, 's; a preposition, of; and adjectives, my, your, his, her, etc.