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Apostrophe rules get confusing when it comes to holidays since some have an apostrophe while others don’t. For example, Americans celebrate Mother’s Day, April Fools’ Day, and Veterans Day ...
The possessive form of an English noun, or more generally a noun phrase, is made by suffixing a morpheme which is represented orthographically as ' s (the letter s preceded by an apostrophe), and is pronounced in the same way as the regular English plural ending (e)s: namely, as / ɪ z / when following a sibilant sound (/ s /, / z /, / ʃ /, / ʒ /, / tʃ / or / dʒ /), as / s / when following ...
An apostrophe's function as possessive or contractive can depend on the grammatical context: We rehearsed for Friday's opening night. (We rehearsed for the opening night on Friday.) We rehearsed because Friday's opening night. (We rehearsed because Friday is opening night. "Friday's" here is a contraction of "Friday is".)
The Associated Press Stylebook says “use only an apostrophe” for singular proper names ending in S: Dickens’ novels, Hercules’ labors, Jesus’ life. But not everyone agrees.
For plural nouns that do not end in s, add an apostrophe-s, for example, children's, not childrens'. Kaldari 20:33, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC) Nearly there, methinks. Three points: 1. Reword to say "the general rule is that where the s is pronounced separately, add an apostrophe and as s". Then the first bullet point of exceptions to the rule becomes a ...
y’ain’t: you are not / you have not / you did not (colloquial) y’all: you all (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’d’ve: you all would have (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’dn't’ve: you all would not have (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’re: you all are (colloquial/Southern American English)
The biggest rules for Christmas card etiquette, and the mistakes to avoid. ... well then just remember Ross and Rachel’s break-up on FRIENDS: “Y-O-U-apostrophe-R-E means you are.
The difference with women's is that "women", although plural, does not end in an s. The apostrophe for plural possessives applies only when the plural ends in s. --Trovatore 03:04, 14 January 2018 (UTC) (edit conflict)Girl is better used to refer to females who are not yet adults. If they are adults, women should be used.