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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Posessive nouns in the plural

A male person is called 'Overall' so Mr. Overall owns a house. It is Mr. Overall's house.

another male person is called 'Roberts' so Mr. Roberts (one person) owns a house. Is it:

Mr. Robert's house
or
Mr. Robert's house?
  

Top answer

Neither: it is Mr Roberts' house or Mr Roberts's house .

— Mister Micawber

  • Neither: it is Mr Roberts' house or Mr Roberts's house .
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Neither: it is Mr Roberts' house or Mr Roberts's house.
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0 Actually, that's not correct, and is a common mistake. Strictly speaking it is solely Mr. Roberts's house.02br
00Mr. Roberts' house is plural possessive (ie. the house is owned by more than one Mr. Roberts.)02br
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00Dropping the s in singular possessive is very common, and poor resources say this can be done, though strictly it should not. This being said, la
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01cite10Anonymous12cite11b10Mr. Robert11font10s'12font10 house is plural possessive (ie. the house is owned by more than one Mr. Roberts.)12br
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10Dropping the s in singular possessive is very common, and poor resources say this can be done, though stri
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