1. Alfie's first bib
2. Alfies first bib
3. Alfies' first bib
reason why: personalised gift
2006-12-01 02:48:33 · 23 answers · asked by leffers55 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The first one.
The second doesn't show ownership, and the third one suggests that there is more than one person called Alfie who own the bib.
Aah. Bet he's cute.
Well done for wanting to make sure it's right.
2006-12-01 02:50:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1
2006-12-01 11:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1
2006-12-01 10:58:17 · answer #3 · answered by gala-day 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Number 1
2006-12-01 10:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
#1 is correct
singular possessive - if the baby's name is Alfie
#2. not correct.
# 3 would work if there were several people named alfie who shared the first bib (plural possessive) it would also work if the baby's name is Alfies and not Alfie
when the word ends in 's' then you do the singular possessive with one apostrophe.
2006-12-01 10:57:22 · answer #5 · answered by Sufi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The apostrophe denotes ownership. If you can turn the sentence round to say the bib of Alfie then the apostrophe comes after Alfie
Examples;- the car's wheels means the wheels of the car, but the cars' wheels means the wheels of the cars. A common mistake is to put an apostrophe in a simple plural word, so you sometimes see banana's for sale (WRONG) but the bananas'
skins would be OK (the skins of the bananas).
2006-12-01 11:03:27 · answer #6 · answered by JACKIE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one. The 2nd is totally wrong and the third would only be correct if there were more than one Alfie.
2006-12-01 10:51:19 · answer #7 · answered by Madam Rosmerta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Alfie's first bib" is correct because it belongs to Alfie. It's a possessive apostrophe. Here's the Wikipedia article:
2006-12-05 09:33:47 · answer #8 · answered by krazykatignatz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. It belongs to Alfie. There's only one of him - therefore, use the first option.
2006-12-01 13:27:22 · answer #9 · answered by Wildamberhoney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one
2006-12-01 11:27:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋