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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Last names being pluralized
How do you make a persons name plural if it ends in (S) . . . such as Davis . . . connecting him to something that is singular Ex. Davis's notebook . . . is that correct??
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Hi, How do you make a persons name plural if it ends in (S) . . such as Davis .
- Hi, How do you make a persons name plural if it ends in (S) .
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- such as Davis .
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- connecting him to something that is singular Ex.
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Hi,
How do you make a persons name plural if it ends in (S) . . . such as Davis . . . connecting him to something that is singular
Ex. Davis's notebook . . . is that correct?? Yes. The apostrophe s shows possession. It's called the possessive.
But note that we are only talking about one person called Davis.
If you wan
How do you make a persons name plural if it ends in (S) . . . such as Davis . . . connecting him to something that is singular
Ex. Davis's notebook . . . is that correct?? Yes. The apostrophe s shows possession. It's called the possessive.
But note that we are only talking about one person called Davis.
If you wan
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You might be confusing two different things: plurals and possessives.
To pluralise a name ending in s, you usually add es. For example, "The Davises are coming to dinner."
To refer to something belonging to one person whose name ends in s, add either ' (an apostrophe) or 's. For example, "That's Davis's notebook" or "That's Davis' notebook". Th
To pluralise a name ending in s, you usually add es. For example, "The Davises are coming to dinner."
To refer to something belonging to one person whose name ends in s, add either ' (an apostrophe) or 's. For example, "That's Davis's notebook" or "That's Davis' notebook". Th
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