Singular Nouns
When an apostrophe S is followed by a noun like in the example:
- John’s car.
then the apostrophe S is used to show possession or that something belongs to someone or something.
We don’t say “the car of John” as you do in some languages. No, in English we use the apostrophe S.
We say John’s car which means that the car belongs to John.
We say John’s car which means that the car belongs to John.
John’s, with an apostrophe S, is called a possessive noun.
Plural Nouns ending S
BUT what happens if there is more than one dog? When there are two dogs, we say:
- Where are the dogs’ bones?
The rule is: Plural nouns ending in S… we only add an apostrophe.
We only have an apostrophe after the S in dogs because dogs is a plural noun ending in S. We cannot say: Where are the dogs’s bones? No, this is NOT correct.
Dogs’ bones, with only an apostrophe after the S, means… the bones of the dogs (dogs plural).
