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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Surname ending in S
I want to say that a party is being hosted by the Duplessis. Do I add an apostrophe or what?
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In that example you would not add an apostrophe as the noun is not possesive. It looks as though you mean to refer to more than one Duplessis however, which would mean you should add "-es" to pluralize the noun. If you want to make the noun possesive, then add an apostrophe followed by an "s" if the noun is singular (even if it ends in "s"), or just an apostrophe if it's plural and so already ends in an "s".
- In that example you would not add an apostrophe as the noun is not possesive.
- It looks as though you mean to refer to more than one Duplessis however, which would mean you should add "-es" to pluralize the noun.
- If you want to make the noun possesive, then add an apostrophe followed by an "s" if the noun is singular (even if it ends in "s"), or just an apostrophe if it's plural and so already ends in an "s".
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In that example you would not add an apostrophe as the noun is not possesive. It looks as though you mean to refer to more than one Duplessis however, which would mean you should add "-es" to pluralize the noun.
If you want to make the noun possesive, then add an apostrophe followed by an "s" if the noun is singular (even if it ends in "s"), or just an apostrophe if it's plural a
If you want to make the noun possesive, then add an apostrophe followed by an "s" if the noun is singular (even if it ends in "s"), or just an apostrophe if it's plural a
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anonymous I want to say that a party is being hosted by the Duplessis. Do I add an apostrophe or what?
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