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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Commas at the end of words. Help!
Hello, I hope someone can help me. I understand the way a comma goes before the s at the end of a word in the possession sense. ie. Roger's car. But I sometimes see this Jones' where the comma is at the end of the word, I think it's only when there is an S at the end of the word. I am confused when I should write the comma at the end of a word and not?
Many thanks. Rebecca
Many thanks. Rebecca
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Hello Rebecca. They are not commas, they are apostrophes. ") One person: Mark's car.
- Hello Rebecca.
- They are not commas, they are apostrophes.
- ") One person: Mark's car.
- One thing: The dog's bowl.
- Two people, who own it jointly: Marcia and Mark's car.
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Hello Rebecca.
They are not commas, they are apostrophes. (I think they may be called "inverted commas" elsewhere, but not plain "commas.")
One person: Mark's car.
One thing: The dog's bowl.
Two people, who own it jointly: Marcia and Mark's car.
Two people, who own them jointly: Marcia and Mark's cars.
Two people, who each own their own item: Marcia's and M
They are not commas, they are apostrophes. (I think they may be called "inverted commas" elsewhere, but not plain "commas.")
One person: Mark's car.
One thing: The dog's bowl.
Two people, who own it jointly: Marcia and Mark's car.
Two people, who own them jointly: Marcia and Mark's cars.
Two people, who each own their own item: Marcia's and M
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