Comments on: The Possessive Apostrophe http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Genevieve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-202181 Genevieve Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:16:19 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-202181 Is it Business's Tall Poppies or Business' Tall Poppies. I prefer the first. Is it Business’s Tall Poppies or Business’ Tall Poppies. I prefer the first.

]]> By: Jayden http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-197369 Jayden Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:09:35 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-197369 It is NEVER anything other than Jesus' or Moses'; ancient proper names are the exception to the rule! It is NEVER anything other than Jesus’ or Moses’; ancient proper names are the exception to the rule!

]]> By: Guy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-168412 Guy Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:57:17 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-168412 Rosa asked: Would you say? 1) Individual members´profiles 2) Individual member profiles 3) Members´profiles By themselves, all of these are correct. The usage determines if they are employed correctly. For example: 1) Update his individual members' profile. Here the name of the thing that we must update is an "individual member's profile"; i.e., the organization refers to a record as an "individual members' profile". 2) All of the individual member profiles must be updated. Here the organization refers to a record as a "individual member profile". 3) Please update the members' profiles. Here the organization refers to a record as a "members' profile". Rosa asked:

Would you say?
1) Individual members´profiles
2) Individual member profiles
3) Members´profiles

By themselves, all of these are correct. The usage determines if they are employed correctly.

For example:

1) Update his individual members’ profile.

Here the name of the thing that we must update is an “individual member’s profile”; i.e., the organization refers to a record as an “individual members’ profile”.

2) All of the individual member profiles must be updated.

Here the organization refers to a record as a “individual member profile”.

3) Please update the members’ profiles.

Here the organization refers to a record as a “members’ profile”.

]]> By: Guy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-168409 Guy Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:46:58 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-168409 Tyree asked: are the possessive forms of Jesus and Moses Jesus’ and Moses’ or Jesus’s and Moses’s? It's Jesus’s and Moses’s. We add 's at the end if we pronounce the additional "s". When spoken, we say Jesus-es, and Moses-es. Tyree asked: are the possessive forms of Jesus and Moses Jesus’ and Moses’ or Jesus’s and Moses’s?

It’s Jesus’s and Moses’s.

We add ’s at the end if we pronounce the additional “s”.

When spoken, we say Jesus-es, and Moses-es.

]]> By: Guy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-168407 Guy Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:43:34 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-possessive-apostrophe/#comment-168407 Shaun asked about: Shaun and Geji’s house was nice. Shaun’s and Geji’s house was nice. The correct usage is: Shaun and Geji’s house was nice. If there are two possessors, only the second possessor gets the 's. Shaun asked about:

Shaun and Geji’s house was nice.
Shaun’s and Geji’s house was nice.

The correct usage is: Shaun and Geji’s house was nice.

If there are two possessors, only the second possessor gets the ’s.

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