Ex. the employee has had excessive absences' (sp?)
2006-10-16 09:32:44 · 11 answers · asked by marshmallow 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Just put an S on absence to make it plural - absences. I wonder if your question really should be "Do I put an apostrophe in?' No, not in this case as it is not possessive. Do you understand about the use of an apostrophe? Lots of people don't. They just stick an apostrophe before the letter S every time they write a plural ending in S.
2006-10-16 13:48:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absence Spelling
2016-11-09 22:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an uncountable noun and has no plural form. Use it like "absence".
2006-10-16 09:42:35 · answer #3 · answered by Earthling 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep - absences. As in "He had so many absences, he was not entitled to a raise."
-MM
2006-10-16 11:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
absences
more than one ABSENCE...just add a S
2006-10-16 09:39:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
absences
2006-10-16 09:41:00 · answer #6 · answered by chaosrules221 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
absences
2006-10-16 09:40:13 · answer #7 · answered by yeilyj 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yup, that's right. No apostrophe in plurals though!
2006-10-16 09:40:21 · answer #8 · answered by pompeii 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"absences" is correct
2006-10-17 08:03:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
absences
No apostrophe.
2006-10-16 09:39:44 · answer #10 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋