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WesternAmerican Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Possesives of nouns...help me out.

Ok I'm a little ashamed to say this--But sometimes I just don't know when to add an apostrophe.
For example:

Jim's car
Marius' Guitar
BUT..
Hotel room(why not hotel's room?)
Car's door (or car door)
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How can I determine?!

I'm really lost with all of this(or these?) --Could someone please elighten me?
  

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WesternAmerican How can I determine?! ) --Could someone please elighten me? Hi, there are lots of threads about this, and...

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WesternAmerican How can I determine?!

I'm really lost with all of this(or these?) --Could someone please elighten me?
Hi,
there are lots of threads about this, and... no answer there. There's no answer, you have to trust your ear... There could be some rules of thumb, but
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WesternAmericanOk I'm a little ashamed to say this--But sometimes I just don't know when to add an apostrophe.
For example:

Jim's car [correct]
Marius' G guitar [I believe some will write Marius' and others Marius's. Maybe guru Marius can comment on this.]
BUT..
Hotel room (why not hotel's room?) [Sometimes a nou
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Yoong Liat
WesternAmericanMarius' G guitar [I believe some will write Marius' and others Marius's. Maybe guru Marius can comment on this.]
This has already been discussed. It was said that it should be written as "Marius's", i.e. that only the plural nouns don't have "s" following the apostroph
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Hi Loojka

This has already been discussed. It was said that it should be written as "Marius's", i.e. that only the plural nouns don't have "s" following the apostrophe and that names ending in "s" should have it, even though they end in "s".

Could give please let me know which post?

Thanks.
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Yoong LiatCould give please let me know which post?
I don't know how to put direct link to the post, but here's the thread:
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... ok, got it now, here's the correction:

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Yep, but some people (I guess mainly Americans), write "Chris' car" even if they say it like "Chris's car"... That is, if a noun ends with an s, they only add an apostrophe even though they pronounce the additional s.
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KooyeenYep, but some people (I guess mainly Americans), write "Chris' car" even if they say it like "Chris's car"... That is, if a noun ends with an s, they only add an apostrophe even though they pronounce the additional s.
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