The store had a sale for girl’s hats.
The store had a sale for girls’ hats.
2007-06-12 08:49:44 · 18 answers · asked by marilinda ♥ 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
THE SECOND ONE
2007-06-12 08:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by My Pits A Lover Not A Fighter 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The 2nd one is MORE correct than the first, but both are wrong. The first sentence has 2 problems, the first being that it says that the store only had hats that belonged to one specific girl (when you say GIRL'S, you show possession as belonging to one girl). The other problem is that FOR should have replaced the word ON.
The second sentence is also wrong, but in this case, only because FOR should replace ON, as in "the store had a sale ON girls' hats". In this case, the use of GIRLS' is correct, since there were many hats that were intended for girls (rather than many hats belonging to one girl). Confused yet? lol
2007-06-12 16:20:40 · answer #2 · answered by ((♫♥♪♫♥♪♫ Shivers ♫♥♪♫♥♪)) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The apostrophe is unnecessary as you are not showing ownership of any of the hats. The correct way to write the sentence is: The store had a sale on girls hats.
Since the store had no intention of selling anything to hats the sale would not be "for girls hats".
In this instance the apostrophe would only be used to show possession. Therefore it should be eliminated.
Happy hat shopping!!
2007-06-16 02:17:38 · answer #3 · answered by marshfield_meme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the second sentence is correct b/c it contains the proper plural possessive --girls', unless of course the store had a sale on hats for only one girl??
2007-06-12 15:56:47 · answer #4 · answered by lostinspace 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The store had a sale for girls' hats."
Since they are not referring to a "single" girl and are referring to girls as a gender and an age group, it would be girls. To indicate possession for a plural word ending in an "s", you would add the apostrophe at the end of this word. I'm not the best at explaining things, but hope this helps. Just a couple of examples:
1.They went to see the boys' (Christian's and John's-more than one) parents.
(They went to see Christian's and John's parents)
2. The dogs' (more than one) collars had ripped off as they fled from the owner.
(The collars of the two dogs had ripped once they fled from their owner)
2007-06-12 15:59:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The second sentence is correct. The word "girl's" means "belonging to (or for) ONE girl." The other means "belonging to (or for) girls, plural." A store would not sell hats for one particular girl.
2007-06-12 15:53:14 · answer #6 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the apostrophe is not necessary in either sentence as used in that context; however, if you must choose one, it would be the second sentence. Otherwise, the sale would be for one girl's hat instead of the group of girls' hats.
2007-06-12 15:54:07 · answer #7 · answered by Debbie 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The second is correct because it is a plural possessive. The first implies it's one girl owning a lot of hats.
2007-06-12 15:52:15 · answer #8 · answered by Drake the Deist 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The second. You want the plural possessive, since the hats are made for girls, not girl.
2007-06-12 15:52:48 · answer #9 · answered by lei 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The second is a plural possessive. Girls' shows possession and hats is plural. the second is correct.
2007-06-12 15:54:36 · answer #10 · answered by Joey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its the second, bc the hats are for girls (plural) not 1 girl
2007-06-12 15:55:18 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋