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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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grandparent's store

0Hi,02br
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00If I want to say that I visited my grandparent's store, do I have to put an aphostrophe after "t" or "s"?02br
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01i00my grandparent's store02i02br
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01i00my grandparents' store 02i0-
  

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0 It's "my grandparents' store": The "s" belongs to the plural of "grandparents", so you put the apostrophy 01b 00after02b 00 the "s". 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0 It's "my grandparents' store": The "s" belongs to the plural of "grandparents", so you put the apostrophy 01b 00after02b 00 the "s".
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0 It's "my grandparents' store": The "s" belongs to the plural of "grandparents", so you put the apostrophy 01b00after02b00 the "s". 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Is the word "01i00grandparent02i00"a singular noun or a plural noun? 0-
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0Should be a plural. If it's a singular, then it would be either "grandmother" or "grandfather" - logically.0-
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0I was going through one of the posts by CalifJim and he said like this about "children":02br
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01font00children = more than one child02font02br
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01font00children's = belonging to or associated with more than one child.02font02br
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1i00Children02i00 is already plural, but 01i00grandparent02i00 is not.02br
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01i00One 01b00child's 02b00plaything.02br
00Two 01b00children's02b02i00 playthings.02br
00One 01b00grandparent's02b00 01i00plaything.02
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0PS: Ah, I see what is going on now. A 01i00parent02i00 is either a mother or a father, just like a 01i00chicken02i00 is either a rooster or a hen.02br
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01i00One parent, two parents02br
00One chicken, two chickens.02i02br
00Etc.02br
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01i00(And I had to ed
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my grandparents' store

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