Happy Valentine\'s Day

English translation: comes before the possessive S if the noun is singular

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English term or phrase:	possessive apostrophe
Selected answer:	comes before the possessive S if the noun is singular
Entered by:	Fuad Yahya

16:15 Feb 13, 2003

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Happy Valentine\'s Day

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Retake: Does the apostrophe come before or after the s?

Roddy Stegemann KudoZ activity Questions: 666 (4 open) (6 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 1221 United States
Local time: 19:38

before the s

Explanation:
There's only one St. Valentine

Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:38

Grading comment

Majority rules. This is not the Vatican!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +18

before the s

Kim Metzger

5 +3

Before

savannah

5 +2

before

Fuad Yahya

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +18

before the s

Explanation:
There's only one St. Valentine

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:38
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 80

Grading comment

Majority rules. This is not the Vatican!

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Before

Explanation:
just like you have it written

savannah
United States
Local time: 22:38
Native speaker of:

English

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

before

Explanation:
The apostrophe comes after the s if noun ends in a plural s to begin with, as in:

I invited all of my brothers' and sisters' children (assuming the person has several brothers and several sisters).

Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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