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Natali Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
apostrophy
Those sheep's faces are dirty. or Those sheeps' faces are dirty.
Which sentence is correct and why.
Which sentence is correct and why.
Top answer
It should be sheep's faces . Irregular plurals (not ending in - s ) are treated like singular nouns for this purpose: sheep's , children's , mice's , and so on. The word sheeps ' doesn't exist because the word sheep s doesn't exist.
- It should be sheep's faces .
- Irregular plurals (not ending in - s ) are treated like singular nouns for this purpose: sheep's , children's , mice's , and so on.
- The word sheeps ' doesn't exist because the word sheep s doesn't exist.
- Spelling: apostroph e
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It should be sheep's faces. Irregular plurals (not ending in -s) are treated like singular nouns for this purpose: sheep's, children's, mice's, and so on. The word sheeps' doesn't exist because the word sheeps doesn't exist.
Spelling: apostrophe
Spelling: apostrophe
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