Possessive two
Hello!
I'm wondering what's correct when it comes to the possessive apostrophe with the word two, as in:
1. The other two's screams
or
2. The other twos' screams
I mean here the other two people, and not the number two. I guessed it was 2. because 1. means the number two, or am I just confused?
Please and thank you!
Top answer
Interesting question. " Two " is already plural, so the plural suffix - s is not needed: " two's " is the correct form. Cardinal numbers are determinatives that typically function as determiners ( two / three / four etc .
- Interesting question.
- " Two " is already plural, so the plural suffix - s is not needed: " two's " is the correct form.
- Cardinal numbers are determinatives that typically function as determiners ( two / three / four etc .
- screams) , not normally as common nouns, particularly nouns taking a genitive case marker.
- The pro-form one found in the other one's screams " is fine, but in that use it is a common noun, not a cardinal number.
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Interesting question.
"Two" is already plural, so the plural suffix -s is not needed: "two's" is the correct form.
Cardinal numbers are determinatives that typically function as determiners (two/three/four etc. screams), not normally as common nouns, particularly nouns taking a genitive case marker.
The pro-form one
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