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Grammar
Possesive (' or 's)
when a name ends in s, such as Chris, how do you show possession? Chris' or Chris's? Please help. Thank you.
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The correct form is Chris's. The after the is only omitted when the noun is plural ending with . The should be kept in all the rest of the cases.
- The correct form is Chris's.
- The after the is only omitted when the noun is plural ending with .
- The should be kept in all the rest of the cases.
- Hope this helps!
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The correct form is Chris's. The after the <'> is only omitted when the noun is plural ending with . The <'s> should be kept in all the rest of the cases.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
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Thanks Raul.
I was a bit confused about that one,
probably because I followed a bad example I saw somewhere.
So, is it: The three dogs' tails were wagging. ?
Or, if I said: The dogs' tails were wagging.
Should a reader know that more than one dog is being discussed?
The newspaper reader's thumbs were black from turning the
I was a bit confused about that one,
probably because I followed a bad example I saw somewhere.
So, is it: The three dogs' tails were wagging. ?
Or, if I said: The dogs' tails were wagging.
Should a reader know that more than one dog is being discussed?
The newspaper reader's thumbs were black from turning the
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In all of your examples, the reader will understand what you mean in number.
Focusing "newspaper reader's thumbs" versus "newspaper readers' thumbs", notice that when you generalize the plural form is preferred in this case (it's not only one reader but many).
Focusing "newspaper reader's thumbs" versus "newspaper readers' thumbs", notice that when you generalize the plural form is preferred in this case (it's not only one reader but many).
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