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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Last name possesion

Hello,

Our last name is Petrillo.

To state our last name as The Petrillos, should I write The Petrillo's or The Petrillos' ?
  

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Normally you do not need an apostrophe. " You only need an apostrophe in the possessive case, when it should follow the "s". e.

  • Normally you do not need an apostrophe.
  • " You only need an apostrophe in the possessive case, when it should follow the "s".
  • e.
  • the house belonging to the Petrillos).
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Normally you do not need an apostrophe. For example: "The Petrillos would like to invite you to..."

You only need an apostrophe in the possessive case, when it should follow the "s". For example: "This is the Petrillos' house." (i.e. the house belonging to the Petrillos).

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