Do You Know The Difference Between A Possessive And A Plural?

[BlooInBloo]

Just curious.

[begin_within]

1. Lipstick?

[Orangepeel]

12. Hah!

:D

[Mz Pip]

22. apostrophe "s"

unless it's its.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Yes. Whats your point's?

[BlooInBloo]

3. I really should have seen this coming.

:rofl:

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Depend's on it's context. n/t

[King Coal]

17. I tried those, but I just couldn't get used to crapping in my pant's.

[jobycom]

4. Plural is the fantasy of many a man, possessive is the fear. nt

[VPStoltz]

28. excellent

[Lost-in-FL]

5. What do you mean by plural's? nt

[HCE SuiGeneris]

6. Whats it two yoo? Its nun you're biznus.

[Fovea]

7. Whose want to know?

[TahitiNut]

8. Sure. But I'm a a high fullutent sophisticated swine ... not overly possessive.

:silly:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4280202&mesg_id=4280202

[lonestarnot]

9. And vye vould jou like to know dis comrade?

Mys eye's hurts.

[vixengrl]

10. If your partner's too possessive, you can't have a plural?

Sorry.



:hide:

[patrice]

11. a contraction, a possessive, a plural, and a plural possessive.

Bob's going to Bob's Bobs party with two other Bobs' girlfriends.

[Sedona]

13. yep

but I always goof up its and it's

[patrice]

15. I have to think about those two every time I use either one.

Just remember it's the opposite of what you'd expect.

[silverojo]

31. Its: possessive - it's: it is

Just remember "it is", and you won't go wrong. ;)

[Gold Metal Flake]

14. Ye's.

[TheDebbieDee]

24. GMTA! I came here to post "ye's" as well..............

[LiberalHeart]

16. In what respect's, Charlie?

[patrick t. cakes]

18. '

[stillcool]

19. I don't know where to put the (')

[bain_sidhe]

20. Unless it's its possession.

Because, you see, "it" is the only word that I know of where the plural and the possessive is spelled the same.

[Lex]

21. Do you know the plural possessive?

Just curious.

[BlooInBloo]

23. :)

[skids]

26. No but I think The Jones's daughters' teacher does :-)

Seriously, even these days in some English education circles they are dumbing things down and trying to culturally deprecate the s'

Shame.

[cynatnite]

25. Brandon Garcia knows, but I bet Sarah Palin doesn't. n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

27. Oh sure. You think your so smart that with you're high minded crap.

[SidDithers]

29. It's all about apostrophe's...

:evilgrin:

Sid

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Not only that

but I can do plural possessives, too. :)

[Jed Dilligan]

32. Ye's

Did you know that Homeric Greek had dual in addition to plural and singular?

[upi402]

33. Yes'

I new that

[TooRaLoo]

34. Whats' it to ya?

(Hay I voted YESSS)

[struggle4progress]

35. Sure: its = more than one it BUT its' = belonging to more than one it

It is fortunate that its is not singular because then its possessive would have been its's, which is confusing

[Ichingcarpenter]

36. US bases are Possessions

Does that idiocies count?

I read that today on DU
what is the plural of that?

[ColbertWatcher]

37. The GOP am runnin' two asse's on there ticket. n/t

[TexasObserver]

38. Yes. Fatal Attraction = Possessive. Big Love = Plural.

[Eurobabe]

39. Its like really confusing, but I think I's understand. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

40. Your one of them high fullutent sophisticated swine, arent ya?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4280202

Or maybe one of those sport's nut's.

[malaise]

41. You betcha but Sarah Palin

thinks the VP possesses the Senate and its policy making. Or is that it's policy making? :D

[WritersBlock]

42. Sure! Its not a possessive, because it's "s" need's an apostrophe. Right? n/t

:)