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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Are they Yes's and No's?

0What are the plurals of the following words?02br
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01font01b001:02b00 Yes02font02br
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01font01b002:02b00 No02font02br
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01font00Are they 01b00Yes's02b00 and 01b00No's02b00?02font0-
  

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0 01b 00Never02b 00 form a plural with 's. That's non-standard. 02br 02br 01b 00yesses, yeses02br 00 nos, noes02b 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 01b 00Never02b 00 form a plural with 's.
  • That's non-standard.
  • 02br 02br 01b 00yesses, yeses02br 00 nos, noes02b 0-
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0 01b00Never02b00 form a plural with 's. That's non-standard. 02br
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01b00yesses, yeses02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11b10Never12b10 form a plural with 's. That's non-standard. 12br
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10Hi Marius02br
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00There is a grammatical school that accepts 's as an optional plural ending when the plural s is added to something other than a 01b00w
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0 01i00in the 1990's / in the 1990s02br
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02i00I agree. Both versions are acceptable. I don't think anyone will say that you are wrong if you use the version with the apostrophe.0-
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0Some things just need the apotrophe. 01i00Look, I got all As on my report card!02i00 (How odd does THAT look?) 01i00Look, I got all A's on my report card!02i02br
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00The difference, as you say, is whether what you are making plural is a WORD. I can't think of any time you would make a word plural with an apostrophe.0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10What are the plurals of the following words?12br
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11font11b101:12b10 Yes12font12br
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11font11b102:12b10 No12font12br
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Does that mean my suggestions 11b10Yes's12b10 and 11b10No's12b10 are wrong?12br
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11b00yes02b00 00noun00 00[C] ... 01i00"Have you had any replies yet?" "Six 01u01
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Does that mean my suggestions 11b10Yes's12b10 and 11b10No's12b10 are wrong?12br
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10According to M-W dictionary yes. 0-
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0 Hi everyone,02br
00something more interesting would be...02br
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01font00I'm an Italian cat and I live 01u01i00in02i02u00 a box 01i01u00in02u02i00 a house 01i01u00in02u02i00 Italy, which is 01i01u00in02
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0I believe many modern English grammar books are showing the yes's form.0-
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No, People can't just write things the way they like them best.

In the example I have two cats, the Apostrophe on cats (if it were there) would indicate possessive, and be plain wrong.

If I am a child of the '80s, there is no apostrophe between the "0" and the "s" for the same reason. (I am an 80s' child would be correct because the "80s" is plural, and the apostrophe comes a
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