How do you show that a girl named Suz has lots of flowers using the possessive "s"? Is it "Suz' flowers." or "Suz's flowers."?
1 Answer
The correct form is
Explanation:
To figure out how to use possessive apostrophes, you need to know a little bit about your word. First ask if it's singular or plural. If it's plural, there are two more questions you need to ask: whether it ends in an
Here's a little chart with examples:
1. Is it singular? (Is there only one of it?)
EXAMPLES:
That is the dog
Rachel
The company
The book
2. Is it plural? (Is there more than one?)
- Does it end in
#s# ?
#rarr# The correct form is just an apostrophe after the word:
EXAMPLES:
The animals
The boys
Those photos
- Does it not end in
#s# ?
#rarr# The correct form is an#"'s"#
children's, alumni's, sheep's
EXAMPLES:
The children
The alumni
The sheep
Your word Suz is the name of one girl, so it's singular. So the correct form is:
There are some exceptions to these rules, so here is a helpful article if you need more information. You will have to scroll near the bottom to the section called "Possessives".