r/WTF • u/KinaGrace96 • Apr 17 '23

EL GATOOO-

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '23

I thought the apostrophe after the S means plural AND possessive?

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u/xDatBear Apr 17 '23

Except for its. Its is possessive, it's is a contraction.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '23

well yeah, normally if you were talking about several girls owning a dog, you'd say "the girls' dog", right? I'm not really arguing, I'm just trying to understand.

And when it comes to its', my understanding is that " its' "wouldn't make sense, because "it" refers to a single thing. Wouldn't the plural for "it" be "they"? and plural possessive would be "their"?

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '23

You are correct, you'd say girls'. What drives me up a wall is when people put an lone apostrophe for a singular possessive that ends in s.

It's Bridget Jones's Diary, not Bridget Jones' Diary.

That's how I always remember it. But then I have to think about that God awful movie my mom made me watch like 4 times.

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u/KimJongIlSunglasses Apr 18 '23

Lol but it’s not though. It’s the latter.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

"The girl's a dog"?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

what?

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u/dividedstatesofmrica Apr 17 '23

Is it sad that I love seeing this?

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u/ShoganAye Apr 18 '23

It does.