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“Boys bicycle” vs. “boy's bicycle” [duplicate]
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User’s Guide vs Users’ Guide
When describing, for example, a bicycle for boys as "a boys bicycle", should it be "boy's" or "boys"? The phrase is not implying ownership ...
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Apostrophe `s` and adjective [closed]
I'm a bit confused if I can use adjective after a noun with apostrophe s.
I broke Jim's fragile figure.
I broke fragile figure of Jim.
For example, which of these two sentences is correct?
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How do I abbreviate “little” correctly?
As I understand it, apostrophes are used to show where a letter/letters are missing (e.g. shouldn't-> should not, hadn't-> had not).
So when I abbreviate "little", is it correct to write:
li'l'
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Possessive of a word that is already possessive
If the cricket ground Lord's is a possessive, what if you want to describe something belonging to Lord's? Would you say "I was very impressed by Lord's's customer services"?
It doesn't look right, ...
