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hello nairalander's grammarian.

Am a little confused of the use of this apostrophe


do we say charles's bag or charles' bag.

do we say james's car or james' car.

what option are we going to choose when both are present in the options.

for example.

1 .THE PEN WHICH YOU HAVE JUST PICKED IS .................

A.CHARLES' B.CHARLES'S C.CHARLE'S

2. THIS IS .......................BAG.

A. FRANCIS'S B.FRANCIS' C. FRANCI'S

Lemme call WOLE SOYINKA for answers

OceanmorganTrix:

Lemme call WOLE SOYINKA for answers

1.A ..2 B. when a name ends with S, the apostrophe "s" need not be added,use only the apostrophe(')sign. e.g JESUS(Noun). You can't say JESUS'S(This is wrong) it is Jesus'. This explanation is subject to further reviews and accessment

Deckline:
1.A ..2 B. when a name ends with S, the apostrophe "s" need not be added,use only the apostrophe(')sign. e.g JESUS(Noun). You can't say JESUS'S(This is wrong) it is Jesus'. This explanation is subject to further reviews and accessment

Both questions:
Options A and B: Correct.
Question 1: A is best used.
Question 2: B is best used.

English experts.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

i rather speak it dis way,(1)dat pen u just picked d owner is charles,(2)this bag belongs 2 charles

When you want to show possesion with a word that ends with S the apostrophe will come after S. For example : This is James' car. If the word doesn't ends S you put the apostrophe before the S. For example : This is Daniel's car.

the book says there are two forms .

1.there will be additional "s" and an apostrophe b4 that S .E.G CHARLES'S BAG.

2. There will not be additional S but there will be an apostrophe e.g.....CHARLES' BAG.


i'm confused cos i saw both in the options.
so which means one is correct to the other.