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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
apostrophe
Which of the following sentences are correct?
a)"Shelby and Lisa's stars were aligned that day."
b)"Shelby's and Lisa's stars were aligned that day."
a)"Shelby and Lisa's stars were aligned that day."
b)"Shelby's and Lisa's stars were aligned that day."
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Anonymous Which of the following sentences are correct? Both are correct. In A, they share the same stars; in B they have different stars.
- Anonymous Which of the following sentences are correct?
- Both are correct.
- In A, they share the same stars; in B they have different stars.
- I suspect that you want B.
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AnonymousWhich of the following sentences are correct?Both are correct. In A, they share the same stars; in B they have different stars. I suspect that you want B.
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If Shelby are Lisa are sharing something, then only Lisa gets the apostrophe. If Shelby and Lisa possess different things, then both get apostrophes. Thus if Shelby and Lisa are sisters, you write
Shelby and Lisa's cousins
because the two sisters will have the same cousins. If Shelby and Lisa aren't related, you write
Shelby's and Lisa's cousins
Shelby and Lisa's cousins
because the two sisters will have the same cousins. If Shelby and Lisa aren't related, you write
Shelby's and Lisa's cousins
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