In the sentence- "Jessie's and Nora's dogs are lovely". Do we really have to put apostrophes on both the names?
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1Potentially, it changes the meaning between [Jessie and Nora]'s dogs to [Jessie's dogs] and [Nora's dogs]. Do they each have dogs, or do they both have the dogs together?– Andrew Leach ♦Nov 9, 2019 at 9:30
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so is the statement correct or wrong? what if both have same dog?– Arpit SrivastavaNov 10, 2019 at 11:02
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It depends what you mean. If both have all the dogs, then only one 's; if they both own different dogs but you are referring to all of the dogs, then two 's. As I said in my earlier comment, and as noted in the answers at the linked question.– Andrew Leach ♦Nov 10, 2019 at 11:10
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