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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Newspaper's
He hopes to improve the newspaper's somewhat tarnished public image.
Could you tell me why it is correct to use an apostrophe after newspaper?
Thank you.
Could you tell me why it is correct to use an apostrophe after newspaper?
Thank you.
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Anonymous Could you tell me why it is correct to use an apostrophe after newspaper? It's the possessive case. The meaning is "the somewhat tarnished public image of the newspaper".
- Anonymous Could you tell me why it is correct to use an apostrophe after newspaper?
- It's the possessive case.
- The meaning is "the somewhat tarnished public image of the newspaper".
- the newspaper is being used as if it were a person.
- the newspaper represents all the people associated with the newspaper, so it's similar to something like "the committee's public image", which in turn is something like "the senator's public image".
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AnonymousCould you tell me why it is correct to use an apostrophe after newspaper?It's the possessive case. The meaning is "the somewhat tarnished public image of the newspaper".
the newspaper is being used as if it were a person. the newspaper represents all the people associated with the newspaper, so it's similar to something like
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