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Shely Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
the apostrophe s!
Which is correct,
polands entrance to the EU or Poland's entrance to the EU or Polands' entrance to the EU??? so confused
polands entrance to the EU or Poland's entrance to the EU or Polands' entrance to the EU??? so confused
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Hi Shely, If the noun is singular, as with 'Poland' here, you should say: Poland's entrance [actually, you're more likely to use 'entry' here, not 'entrance'] to the EU. You use s' if the noun is plural. For example: The local farmers' wives always organise a festival at this time of year.
- Hi Shely, If the noun is singular, as with 'Poland' here, you should say: Poland's entrance [actually, you're more likely to use 'entry' here, not 'entrance'] to the EU.
- You use s' if the noun is plural.
- For example: The local farmers' wives always organise a festival at this time of year.
- Note that if you were talking of only one farmer you would say: The local farmer's wife always organises a festival at this time of year.
- Be careful, however, with irregular plurals such as men and children.
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Hi Shely,
If the noun is singular, as with 'Poland' here, you should say:
Poland's entrance [actually, you're more likely to use 'entry' here, not 'entrance'] to the EU.
You use s' if the noun is plural. For example:
The local farmers' wives always organise a festival at this time of year.
Note that if you were talking of only one farmer you would say:
If the noun is singular, as with 'Poland' here, you should say:
Poland's entrance [actually, you're more likely to use 'entry' here, not 'entrance'] to the EU.
You use s' if the noun is plural. For example:
The local farmers' wives always organise a festival at this time of year.
Note that if you were talking of only one farmer you would say:
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