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Chris2010 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
patients or patients'
Please help me correct the below mentioned. Should it be "patients", or "patients' ?We take every precautionary measure to help our patients health.
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Hi, Chris. Welcome to the forums! Since you're probably talking about more than one patient, place the apostrophe after the s ; otherwise, place it before.
- Hi, Chris.
- Welcome to the forums!
- Since you're probably talking about more than one patient, place the apostrophe after the s ; otherwise, place it before.
- In either case, an apostrophe is needed to show possession.
- We take every precautionary measure to help our patients' health.
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Hi, Chris. Welcome to the forums!
Since you're probably talking about more than one patient, place the apostrophe after the s; otherwise, place it before. In either case, an apostrophe is needed to show possession.
We take every precautionary measure to help our patients' health.
We take every precautionary measure to help our patient's health.
Since you're probably talking about more than one patient, place the apostrophe after the s; otherwise, place it before. In either case, an apostrophe is needed to show possession.
We take every precautionary measure to help our patients' health.
We take every precautionary measure to help our patient's health.
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