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Believer Posted 20 years ago
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Possessive
Hi,
I think there are two schools?? of thought in regard to how to look at the process of determining when to or when not to put an apostrophe in the case of those involving what seems to be possessive cases.
1st school??:
If you are able to replace the phrase with 'of', then put an apostrophe:
Lee's family -- The family of Lee
2nd school??:
If you can show it belongs to someone or something, then put an apostrophe.
Lee's family -- The family that belongs to Lee
Personally, I think the first school?? of thought is tenuous and doesn't seem to hold the water when the test time comes. For example, how do I apply the first school?? of thought to these phrases?
the customer satisfaction
In this case, I think we are thinking of the satisfaction of the satisfaction and not the satisfaction belonging to the customer. We are saying 'the satisfaction of the customer' and still no apostrophe is there.
the customer's satisfaction
In this case, I think we are thinking of the phrase possessively -- the satisfaction belonging to the teacher.
I have more cases and the similar reasoning can apply but it gets to be confusing. Help.
... such as supervisor involvement and modeling
... to promote students' comprehension of the book
I think there are two schools?? of thought in regard to how to look at the process of determining when to or when not to put an apostrophe in the case of those involving what seems to be possessive cases.
1st school??:
If you are able to replace the phrase with 'of', then put an apostrophe:
Lee's family -- The family of Lee
2nd school??:
If you can show it belongs to someone or something, then put an apostrophe.
Lee's family -- The family that belongs to Lee
Personally, I think the first school?? of thought is tenuous and doesn't seem to hold the water when the test time comes. For example, how do I apply the first school?? of thought to these phrases?
the customer satisfaction
In this case, I think we are thinking of the satisfaction of the satisfaction and not the satisfaction belonging to the customer. We are saying 'the satisfaction of the customer' and still no apostrophe is there.
the customer's satisfaction
In this case, I think we are thinking of the phrase possessively -- the satisfaction belonging to the teacher.
I have more cases and the similar reasoning can apply but it gets to be confusing. Help.
... such as supervisor involvement and modeling
... to promote students' comprehension of the book
Top answer
Believer Hi, I think there are two schools?? of thought in regard to how to look at the process of determining when to or when not to put an apostrophe in the case of those involving what seems to be possessive cases. : If you can show it belongs to someone or something, then put an apostrophe.
- Believer Hi, I think there are two schools??
- of thought in regard to how to look at the process of determining when to or when not to put an apostrophe in the case of those involving what seems to be possessive cases.
- : If you can show it belongs to someone or something, then put an apostrophe.
- Lee's family -- The family that belongs to Lee Personally, I think the first school??
- of thought is tenuous and doesn't seem to hold the water when the test time comes.
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Believer
Hi,
I think there are two schools?? of thought in regard to how to look at the process of determining when to or when not to put an apostrophe in the case of those involving what seems to be possessive cases.
1st school??:
If you are able to replace the phrase with 'of', then put an apostrophe:
Lee's family -- The family
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Thank you.
I tried to find one other thread where I asked a similar question and that one dealt with basically the same thing except the question involved rather long phrases, I think. I think the one I used is similar to this.
the attendees seminar room
For this, I think that GG said that the apostrophe is not used (that is, it is not made to be possessive) because it i
I tried to find one other thread where I asked a similar question and that one dealt with basically the same thing except the question involved rather long phrases, I think. I think the one I used is similar to this.
the attendees seminar room
For this, I think that GG said that the apostrophe is not used (that is, it is not made to be possessive) because it i
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