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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Plural posessive nominal adjectives
Boys (boys') basketball tryouts will start tomorrow.
Girls (girls') soccer tryouts have ended.
are these posessive nouns as adjectives or just plural.
If posessive, they should of course have the apostrophe, and if not, then why not?
Girls (girls') soccer tryouts have ended.
are these posessive nouns as adjectives or just plural.
If posessive, they should of course have the apostrophe, and if not, then why not?
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The tryouts are for boys and for girls , not of boys (belonging to boys) or of girls (belonging to girls), so I would omit the apostrophe. Others may disagree. CJ
- The tryouts are for boys and for girls , not of boys (belonging to boys) or of girls (belonging to girls), so I would omit the apostrophe.
- Others may disagree.
- CJ
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The tryouts are for boys and for girls, not of boys (belonging to boys) or of girls (belonging to girls), so I would omit the apostrophe.
Others may disagree.
CJ
Others may disagree.
CJ
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