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[JBB]

goddamnit I hate this one. Correct apostrophe use for singular/plural words ending in "s" or not. Help please.

[canis582]

"A businesses' assets"

[shant]

Possessives

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Plural nouns not ending in s, add ’s: the alumni’s newsletter, the children’s playground.
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Plural nouns ending in s, add only an apostrophe: the girls’ locker room, the students’ newspaper.
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Nouns that are the same in singular and plural are treated as plurals – chassis, corps, deer.
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Singular nouns not ending in s, add ’s: the book’s pages, the pen’s ink.
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Singular common nouns ending in s, add ’s unless the next word begins with s: the witness’s chair, the witness’ seat.
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If a singular proper noun ends in s, add an apostrophe: The University of Texas at Dallas’ campus.
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Pronouns: Personal interrogative and relative pronouns have several forms for the possessive that do not involve an apostrophe: mine, ours, your, yours, his, hers, its, theirs, whose. If you are using an apostrophe with a pronoun, make sure that the meaning calls for a contraction: you’re, it’s, there’s, who’s.

[pshreck]

You'll get like 10 contradictory answers on here, combined with various arguments about them.

Just search for this on google. Word and diction info is incredibly well documented on the internet.

[Eurotrash]

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"A businesses' assets"

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lol no.


edit: note that "a" and "businesses" don't even agree

[acoustix]

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"A businesses' assets"

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Good God

[miajag]

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"A businesses' assets"

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i hope this was a joke

[niss]

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"A businesses' assets"

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I think the OP was asking about English.

[acoustix]

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Possessives

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Plural nouns not ending in s, add ’s: the alumni’s newsletter, the children’s playground.
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Plural nouns ending in s, add only an apostrophe: the girls’ locker room, the students’ newspaper.
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Nouns that are the same in singular and plural are treated as plurals – chassis, corps, deer.
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Singular nouns not ending in s, add ’s: the book’s pages, the pen’s ink.
*

Singular common nouns ending in s, add ’s unless the next word begins with s: the witness’s chair, the witness’ seat.
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If a singular proper noun ends in s, add an apostrophe: The University of Texas at Dallas’ campus.
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Pronouns: Personal interrogative and relative pronouns have several forms for the possessive that do not involve an apostrophe: mine, ours, your, yours, his, hers, its, theirs, whose. If you are using an apostrophe with a pronoun, make sure that the meaning calls for a contraction: you’re, it’s, there’s, who’s.

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You get a gold star

[istewart]

Jesus' gayness.