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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Proper possessive

what is the proper possessive children's wishes or childrens' wishes?
  

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Anonymous what is the proper possessive children's wishes or childrens' wishes? Children's wishes. Any "s" before the appostrophe would be an attempt at pluralization.

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  • Anonymous what is the proper possessive children's wishes or childrens' wishes?
  • Children's wishes.
  • Any "s" before the appostrophe would be an attempt at pluralization.
  • "Children" is already plural.
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Anonymouswhat is the proper possessive children's wishes or childrens' wishes?
Children's wishes.

Any "s" before the appostrophe would be an attempt at pluralization. "Children" is already plural.
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Children's wishes is OK. The plural of the child is children so the possesive 's after the the consonant n is the only choice if you want use the noun in the genitive case. There is no such a noun as *childrens*. You can find it used by some in the internet, but I don't think it is logical. The noun children has got the plural meaning in itself, so the
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