if i say the word students in a sentence where does the apostrophe go on students
2006-07-10 16:50:24 · 14 answers · asked by sunflowerc24 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
If you are talking about one student: student's.
Example: The student's notebook is open.
If you are talking about a group of students: students'.
Example: The students' test scores impressed the teacher.
If you aren't talking about a possesive: no apostrophe.
Example: The students were leaving for the day.
2006-07-10 16:54:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
students when you refer to them as a unit: there is no apostrophe. However when doing any possessive sentances like "the students' backpacks were neatly lined up against the wall." you would use the apostrophe after the last s because it is reffering to a plural subject. However, in the sentance: "this one student's backpack had a bloodstain on the bottom." the word student is used to represent a single person.
2006-07-10 16:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by aaron_jackson_wilde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Student's
2006-07-10 16:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Deep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are using it in the plural form then the appostrophe goes like this
students'
note that there is no 's' after the apostrophe as the word ends in an 's'.
2006-07-10 18:27:39 · answer #4 · answered by Suraj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. Are you describing something that belongs to one student? Then it would be "...the student's pencil..." If you're describing something that belongs to a group of students, then it would be "...the students' voices..."
If you're just trying to pluralize "student" and not indicating possession, then there's no apostrophe.
2006-07-10 16:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is plural there is no apostrophe. "The students all flunked the test."
If it is a possessive, there is an apostrophe before the s. "The student's notebook is on the table."
2006-07-10 16:55:05 · answer #6 · answered by Diane D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 08:21:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before that can be answered one would need the whole sentence. It really depends on whether students is plural possessive or not.
Good luck with your homework.
2006-07-10 16:54:39 · answer #8 · answered by kitten 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends...
Student's is one student's possessive.... like: the teacher dropped a book on the student's foot
Students' is many students' possessive... like: yesterday the students' teacher told them all to stay home.
2006-07-10 16:54:03 · answer #9 · answered by Steve D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what context you're using the word in:
One student and their belonging: "The student's dog came in the class."
Several students, no apostrophe.
Things belonging to more than one student: "The students' dogs came to class."
Hope that helps, email me if it doesn't! : )
2006-07-10 16:55:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋