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Panda blue 483 Posted 7 years ago
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Should this require the apostrophe? I'm assuming it is incorrect as it is non-possessive.
It was his business and nobody else's.
Is the first example grammatically correct ?
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panda blue 483 Should this require the apostrophe? I'm assuming it is incorrect as it is non-possessive. It was his business and nobody else's.
- panda blue 483 Should this require the apostrophe?
- I'm assuming it is incorrect as it is non-possessive.
- It was his business and nobody else's.
- Yes, it needs the apostrophe.
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panda blue 483Should this require the apostrophe? I'm assuming it is incorrect as it is non-possessive.
It was his business and nobody else's.
Yes, it needs the apostrophe. "nobody else's" implies "nobody else's business", i.e. the business of nobody else.
panda blue 483Is the first example grammatically correct ?
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