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Difference between Writers and writers'
  

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Hi, Difference between Writers and writers' The apostrophe shows possession. eg I saw some writers. eg I saw some writers' pens.

  • Hi, Difference between Writers and writers' The apostrophe shows possession.
  • eg I saw some writers.
  • eg I saw some writers' pens.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Difference between Writers and writers'

The apostrophe shows possession.



eg I saw some writers.



eg I saw some writers' pens.



Clive
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Writers refers to more than one writer, e.g. The writers went snowboarding.

Writers' refers to something that belongs to the writers. For example, the writers' snowboards.

If the apostrophe is on the out side of the 's', for example writers', this normally means there is more than one writer. If however it is on the inside of the 's', such as writer's it means that there

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