are these words plural or singular?

Question

elephants'
Mrs. Schaake's
grandfather's
family's
tigers'

Answer 1

elephants' and tigers' means there are more than one of each. all the others mean singular.

Answer 2

Elephants' and tigers' is plural because the apostrophe behind the s indicates that it's plural. The others are singular because the apostrophe show that the subject had possession like: Mrs. Schaakes's book.

Answer 3

elephants' - Plural
Mrs. Schaake's - Singular
grandfather's - Singular
family's - Singular (one family)
tigers' - Plural

' after the s means plural possessive, ' before the s means singular possessive

Answer 4

Singular

Answer 5

the middle three are singular, the first and last are plural. The apostrophe is possesive. like: grandfather's clock, switch it: my grandfathers' clock, the same words but in a different order.

Answer 6

if the apostrophe is after the s, they are plural. Before the s, singular

Answer 7

Hayhabr is right, but to put it more simply: the first and last are plural, the others are singular.

Answer 8

Readers Opinions why? because when u write it as "Reader's Opinions" it's saying to us "Reader is opinions" like 'it's'. It means "it is" Adding s without the appostrophe makes it singular though. Readers' would make it plural.

Answer 9

elephants' - apostrophe after s (possessive of multiple elephants)
Mrs. Schaake's - apostrophe before s (singular possessive)
grandfather's - apostrophe before s (singular possessive)
family's - apostrophe before s (singular possessive)
tigers'- apostrophe after s (possessive of multiple tigers)

Answer 10

plural
singular
singular
singular
plural

although, family has more than one person, i believe it is meaning one family so singular

the way to tell is the placement of the comma. Unless the word ends in 's', the comma is only placed after the added 's' showing possesion if there is more than one.