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Possessive pronouns do not have apostrophes
"It's" means "it is". If you mean "belonging to it", try "its".
"Who's" means "who is". If you mean "belonging to whom", try "whose".
( , Fri 31 Jul 2009, 16:45, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
"It's" means "it is". If you mean "belonging to it", try "its".
"Who's" means "who is". If you mean "belonging to whom", try "whose".
( , Fri 31 Jul 2009, 16:45, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
It's easier
if you list all the examples of possessive pronouns, then it is much clearer
whose?
(mine)
yours
its
his
hers
ours
theirs
Although, I have seen people write the possessive as their's, our's and even hi's
Ban the apostrophe for all genitives! It is an artificial invention anywho.
( , Sun 2 Aug 2009, 3:43, Reply)
if you list all the examples of possessive pronouns, then it is much clearer
whose?
(mine)
yours
its
his
hers
ours
theirs
Although, I have seen people write the possessive as their's, our's and even hi's
Ban the apostrophe for all genitives! It is an artificial invention anywho.
( , Sun 2 Aug 2009, 3:43, Reply)
'It's' is the only one I keep getting caught out by,
that and plural possessives that end in an "S" *head explodes*
( , Mon 3 Aug 2009, 23:54, Reply)
that and plural possessives that end in an "S" *head explodes*
( , Mon 3 Aug 2009, 23:54, Reply)
You mean things like "women's clothes"?
Simples.
Add 's to a noun to get the possessive, unless it already ends in an S.
Boy - boy's
Boys - boys'
Girl - girl's
Girls - girls'
Child - child's
Children - children's
Man - man's
Men - men's
Woman - woman's
Women - women's
Person - person's
People - people's
There's no such word as womens, so womens' can't exist either.
( , Tue 4 Aug 2009, 15:15, Reply)
Simples.
Add 's to a noun to get the possessive, unless it already ends in an S.
Boy - boy's
Boys - boys'
Girl - girl's
Girls - girls'
Child - child's
Children - children's
Man - man's
Men - men's
Woman - woman's
Women - women's
Person - person's
People - people's
There's no such word as womens, so womens' can't exist either.
( , Tue 4 Aug 2009, 15:15, Reply)
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