Billy's parents' car? Is that right?
2007-02-24 10:42:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I currently am employed as a newspaper columnist, so yes, I do know how to write. Remember this Adrian? It's what you told your friend Kitty. I think she would make mince meat of you now and tell you what a skinny, scrawny no hoper you are and you should be flipping burgers.
2007-02-25 03:00:01 · answer #1 · answered by prisoner terry 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Billy's parents' car would be correct. When a noun is singular (in all cases), it has an apostrophe S after it to show possession. When a noun is plural and ends in S, just put an apostrophe after the S.
2007-02-24 10:47:25 · answer #2 · answered by I am soooo splendiferous 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first is apostrophe S and indicates that the parents belong to Billy. The second is S apostrophe and indicates that the car belongs to both parents.
2007-02-24 10:54:38 · answer #3 · answered by mustanger 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes that is right because when you use parents you have to put the apostrophe at the end or it would be parents's which is not right. And Billy's is right. The apostrophe can be used with ownership as in (Billy's). Or it could be used with two words (a compound word)
EX. That's ( That is)
We're (we are)
2007-02-24 10:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, your example is correct. The apostrophe "s" is used to show possesion as well as used to show that a word was shortened for example instead of saying "Let us" we can use "Let's"
When showing possesion, if one person owns something we say "Billy's Car..." If more than one, we pluralize then add the apostrophe eg. "His parents' car"
If the name of the person ends with the letter S then it is unnecessary to add the 'apostrophe s" just put the apostrophe Eg. Lewis' bag
Hope that helps
2007-02-24 10:52:57 · answer #5 · answered by Bloo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apostrophe "s" is used to show possession (or contraction, as in "it is" = "it's"). In this case, your phrase is correct. Billy is singular so it's Billy's; he has two parents so since the word is plural ending in "s", the apostrophe comes after the "s".
2007-02-24 10:50:39 · answer #6 · answered by pat z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ya thats right. when you put 's in front of a name or object it is possesif meaning what the person or object owns(is usually written after the 's). when you put 's after a word like there(there's) it is an abreviation for 'is'. and finally, when you put s' it is also possesif except for it indicates that the word is plural just like your example with ' parents' '. does this answer your question?
2007-02-24 11:05:14 · answer #7 · answered by this is me! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that's right if both parents own the car.
2007-02-24 10:45:09 · answer #8 · answered by lunatic_teacher 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats right. billy is singular so its 's. if sumthing is plural and they own sumthing or whatever its s' or s's but most people dont write the second one.
2007-02-24 10:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by *emily* 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋