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Ruslan L. Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Plural forms

What is the plural for chemist's , butcher's, baker's ?
  

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If you are thinking of the shops, then we'd probably use butcher's shops, chemist's shops, baker's shops.

  • If you are thinking of the shops, then we'd probably use butcher's shops, chemist's shops, baker's shops.
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If you are thinking of the shops, then we'd probably use butcher's shops, chemist's shops, baker's shops.
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the words are all possessive nouns. if you want to say more than one of them, just do chemists', butchers', bakers'.
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This is what I (intuitively) replied to my 10-year old pupil to this question. Emotion: smile

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