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The name's Peter. From New Jersey. 22 years old. Absurdly sarcastic. Read much more in my "about me" by clicking on the link below. =)
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Side side side note: I don't reblog unless the post is something I really feel needs to be seen.
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Anonymous asked
peter! ok im not stupid but i can not for the life of me remember when to use 's or s'. Ex: peter's car is nice. wouldn't that be "Peter is car is nice". like i don't understand the rules of when to use Peters' or Peter's. help?
Even though Peter doesn’t have a car because Peter is too cheap to pay for insurance, let’s use “Peter’s car is nice” as an example.
The ’s is used to show singular possession. It’s MY car. You use s’ to show plural possession. For example: “The students’ assignments wreaked of failure.” I’m using s’ because I’m speaking about more than one student. It’s plural.
’s is also used at the end of a word in place of adding “is” after the word. For example: “Peter’s going to the park.” This can be expanded to read: “Peter is going to the park.”
Thus, ’s has two uses (to show singular possession and to replace “is”), while s’ has one use (to show plural possession).
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