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Post by Paul J on Jan 29, 2014 9:40:12 GMT
Can anyone advise which is correct - my wife and I can't agree?
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Post by Twoddle on Jan 29, 2014 11:08:13 GMT
Welcome, Paul.
The apostrophe comes immediately after the person or thing that's doing the "owning". If Jane is doing the "owning", it's Jane's marmalade. It would be Janes' marmalade only if there were more than one Jane (i.e. the marmalade of the Janes).
Where something is owned jointly - by both Val and Jane in this example - only the final person in the list of owners is given an apostrophe, so the correct version is "Val and Jane's Marmalade".
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Post by Dave Miller on Jan 29, 2014 23:09:20 GMT
As Twoddle says, the apostrophe comes right after the "owner", so: the boy's room = the room of the boy the boys' room = the room of the boys
Similarly: Val and Jane's Marmalade = the marmalade of Val and Jane Val and Janes' Marmalade = the marmalade of Val and Janes
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