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Grammar

Using an apostrophe

WHEN WE ARE STATING THE FOLLOWING....IS AN APOSTROPHY NECESSARY?

OHARAS KITCHEN (OHARA IS THE LAST NAME) OR IS IT.........

OHARA'S KITCHEN
  

Top answer

Yes, the apostrophy is necessary as it shows posession. Ohara's kitchen is the same as "the kitchen of Ohara", which is the case used in many foreign languages.

— King

  • Yes, the apostrophy is necessary as it shows posession.
  • Ohara's kitchen is the same as "the kitchen of Ohara", which is the case used in many foreign languages.
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Yes, the apostrophy is necessary as it shows posession. Ohara's kitchen is the same as "the kitchen of Ohara", which is the case used in many foreign languages.
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This is indeed correct, although your apostrophy is in fact an apostrophe.... I thought I would point out the correct spelling of the word seeing as this is a forum on English language.

Can I suggest some additional reading: "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss. It covers the whole spectrum of accurate punctuation and is also spelt correctly.
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Hello, Johnny.

Welcome to English Forums.

MrP
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My name is Janice Fanning. Would it be correct to say on an invitation that the party is at the Fanning's house.........or the Fannings' house.
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More than one Fanning live there, right? So it's the Fannings' house.

(Have a good time at your party Emotion: smile )
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Hi, I'm new to this. My name is Andrian. I heard that we don't apply apostrophy if it isn't a living thing but I'm not sure about this. So for example: One of the secretary job is to maintain company's contacts.

So for the above example, is it a correct implementation of apostrophy?

Thanks a lot,

Subhan
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It makes no difference whether something is living or not. If it possessive, it needs the apostrophe. The company's contacts is correct. Other examples: the car's sunroof. The paper's edge. The house's roof.
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0Please excuse me for bringing your attention back to this iossue. But I am somehow confused. I believe that some of the grammar books insist that non-living things should not use apostrophy form for possesive. Instead, the 01i00xx of xx02i00 shall be used. For example, you can't say : the company's contacts, but the contacts of the company. Maybe the rule is no longer g
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0Don't forget that not all uses of 'of' refer to possession - there are many meanings of 'of' that cannot be replaced by a possessive apostrophe.02br
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00For example 'the Republic of Korea' is a proper name for a country so you can't play around with it. In any case, here the 'of' isn't possessive - we are not talking about a republic that belongs to Korea. In this case 'o
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