english question
2007-09-02 12:39:30 · 4 answers · asked by Sugar 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
men's plans
2007-09-02 12:47:52 · answer #1 · answered by jcf6865 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a stone's throw and its place (not it's place by the way) are both singular. So men's plans is plural possessive.
actually english possessives are very simple: everything gets 's except plurals that already end in s which just get an apostrophe after them '
eg horse's food (one horse)
horses' food (many horses)
women's clothing
2007-09-02 12:52:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men's plans - possessive because the plans belong to the men and plural because it is more than one man.
2007-09-02 13:31:45 · answer #3 · answered by Tatsbabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the rule for IT, ITS and IT'S
The only time /its/ has an apostrophe = /it's/ is when it means
IT IS, or IT HAS. Those are the ONLY, only, only times you use the apostrophe.
The only times. If you can say /it is/ in the sentence then you need the comma-ish thingy.
"We know it's raining. It's too late to go out now."
"We borrowed your umbrella but it's broken. So we took a taxi.'"
"Please put my coffee in the microwave - it's gone cold."
However, here we are with NO apostrophe:
"The cat knows its place, and never jumps on the bed"
2007-09-02 13:45:55 · answer #4 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋