which one is correct? assuming each customer has his own house.
I delivered newspapers to the customers' house.
I delivered newspapers to the customers' houses.
2006-10-23 07:12:07 · 10 answers · asked by Dan L 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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2006-10-23 07:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sentence should say I delivered newspapers to the customer's houses
2006-10-23 14:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by Honey!! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I delivered newspapers to the customers homes.
2006-10-23 14:15:04 · answer #3 · answered by notaxpert 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The second one is correct, as it means "the houses of the customers". The first would mean that several customers were all in one house.
2006-10-23 14:16:38 · answer #4 · answered by lichita 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I delivered newspapers to the customers' houses.
i think.....
but don't worry about it, i do this for a living and still get it wrong a lot.....think about it too much and it stops making sense!
everyone gets this apostrophe rule wrong!
it should be customers because there is more than one of them. but it should be customer's because the newspapers and houses belong to them. however if you are referring to more than one thing belonging to more than one person then it should be customers'.
they'll eventually remove this rule then we can all relax.....
2006-10-23 14:15:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct one is the second one I had to look it up. There are multiple customers and they have multiple homes.
"Plural possessive
In order to place the apostrophe correctly in plural nouns, you must first be certain of the plural form. If you have questions about these forms, you may want to browse the section on plural nouns above.
For plural nouns ending in "s," add only an apostrophe:
Example: Singers' voices"
2006-10-23 14:20:00 · answer #6 · answered by Almack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second
2006-10-23 14:20:09 · answer #7 · answered by Jazz_messenger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
houses....shows that there is more than one house..cause the other means that there are multiple customers at one house
2006-10-23 14:14:12 · answer #8 · answered by nicole 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first one
2006-10-23 14:14:36 · answer #9 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The second one is right. There were multiple houses.
2006-10-23 14:13:48 · answer #10 · answered by Maria 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋