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Dave Rogers Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Correct Usage?

0 The following sentence was debated over in my english class and I feel my teacher got it wrong, can someone please confirm this is the correct way to complete the following sentence.02br
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00My name is David and I would like to apply for the job of 01i00_______02i00 Nanny.02br
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00The missing word was said to be one of the following...02br
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00Childrens02br
00Children's02br
00Childrens'02br
00Childrens's02br
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00Could anyone please enlighten me as to which is the correct way to complete that sentence. 02br
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00Thank you very much for your time. 0-
  

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02br 02br 00My two cents: The word "children" is already a plural noun, so again adding "s" with "children" is not correct. So, we can skip the options: 01i 00Childrens, Childrens', Childrens's02i 00. 0-

  • 02br 02br 00My two cents: The word "children" is already a plural noun, so again adding "s" with "children" is not correct.
  • So, we can skip the options: 01i 00Childrens, Childrens', Childrens's02i 00.
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0Welcome to EnglishForward, Dave.02br
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00My two cents: The word "children" is already a plural noun, so again adding "s" with "children" is not correct. So, we can skip the options: 01i00Childrens, Childrens', Childrens's02i00. Therefore, per your list, the remaining valid option is 01b00Children's02b00.0-
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0 children = more than one child02br
00 children's = belonging to or associated with more than one child.02br
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00 Plurals form the possessive by adding "'s" if they don't end in "s" already.02br
00 There is no case where "s" + apostrophe is added to form a possessive so 01i00childrens'02i00 is impossible.02br
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The answer would be children's Nanny.
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Hi,

Outside the test, in real English, you'd usually just say 'a nanny'. They all work with children. Nobody is an adults' nanny.

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