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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
the use of an apostrophe in a name
0 When making a title slide for the Beck family slide show would the name be proper as The Beck's or just The Becks, without an apostrophe? 0-
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0 The Beck's Holiday - 's indicating posession 02 br 02 br 00 The Becks - s indicating a plural 0-
- 0 The Beck's Holiday - 's indicating posession 02 br 02 br 00 The Becks - s indicating a plural 0-
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0 The Beck's Holiday - 's indicating posession 02 br
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00 The Becks - s indicating a plural 0-
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00 The Becks - s indicating a plural 0-
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0 I would myself say: 02 br
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00 1. The Becks' holiday. 02 br
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00 You could also say: 02 br
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01 b 00 The Becks 02 b 00 means "members of the family whose surname is Beck". The possessive version is therefore 01 b 00 The Becks' 02 b 00 . 02 br
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00 All the best, 02 br
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00 1. The Becks' holiday. 02 br
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00 You could also say: 02 br
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01 b 00 The Becks 02 b 00 means "members of the family whose surname is Beck". The possessive version is therefore 01 b 00 The Becks' 02 b 00 . 02 br
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00 All the best, 02 br
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0 Thanks MrP - I have just spotted the typo in my reply. 02 br
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00 The family name is Beck, and as a family they would be the Becks (s to indicate plural). The possessive of the Becks would be Becks', and that is what I meant to type. 0-
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00 The family name is Beck, and as a family they would be the Becks (s to indicate plural). The possessive of the Becks would be Becks', and that is what I meant to type. 0-
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01 cite 10 MrPedantic 12 cite 10 I would myself say: 12 br
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10 1. The Becks' holiday. 12 br
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10 You could also say: 12 br
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10 [...missing example...] 12 br
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11 b 10 The Becks 12 b 10 means "members of the family whose surname is Beck". The possessi
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