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Panda blue 483 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Usage apostrophe.

The colonialists' war.
The children's dinner.


Why does children take an apostrophe s versus colonialist?


We drop the apostrophe if specific with how many right. Two

The two colonialists waged war.

  

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panda blue 483 The colonialists' war. The children's dinner. Why does 'children' take an apostrophe s versus 'colonialist'?

— CalifJim

  • panda blue 483 The colonialists' war.
  • The children's dinner.
  • Why does 'children' take an apostrophe s versus 'colonialist'?
  • If a plural already has "s", just add the apostrophe.
  • If a plural doesn't already end in "s", add apostrophe AND "s".
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panda blue 483

The colonialists' war.
The children's dinner.

Why does 'children' take an apostrophe s versus 'colonialist'?

If a plural already has "s", just add the apostrophe.
If a plural doesn't already end in "s", add apostrophe AND "s".

Plurals: children, women, men, people >
children's, women's, men's, people's

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