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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is it Children's or Childrens' and is it on or in?

which is correct? We have two children that are being referenced here.

Thank you for having an impact on/in our children's lives.

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Thank you for having an impact on/in our childrens' lives.
  

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This seems wrong, because you have learned that for plural words, the apostrophe goes after the S, but there is an exception for words that are plural by themselves (without the addition of the S), like children. The children's lives.

— BarbaraPA

  • This seems wrong, because you have learned that for plural words, the apostrophe goes after the S, but there is an exception for words that are plural by themselves (without the addition of the S), like children.
  • The children's lives.
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This seems wrong, because you have learned that for plural words, the apostrophe goes after the S, but there is an exception for words that are plural by themselves (without the addition of the S), like children.

The children's lives.
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