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26 lip 2020 · While you're in school you can spell it men's (also women's, children's, oxen's, sheep's, deer's) with just plain old Apostrophe-S. You can't tell the singular from the plural possessive in speech, so there's no reason to do it in writing, either.
- grammar - men's vs mens which is correct - English Language & Usage ...
The apostrophe shows that it's a committee of or for young...
- grammar - men's vs mens which is correct - English Language & Usage ...
Mens’ or Men’s. Men’s is the plural possessive form of men. When the noun already ends in “s” and we want to make the word possessive, we need to put the apostrophe after the “s”. In this case, the plural is irregular and “men” doesn’t end in “s” so we need to add “s” to men.
2 lip 2007 · The apostrophe-s and s-apostrophe indicate possession, whether singular or plural, and when the plural itself in an archaic one like "men" and "women," we treat the plural noun as if it were singular.
25 kwi 2013 · Mens is sometimes used as an alternative for, you guessed it, men's. It looks invalid because it's a possessive which should have an apostrophe before the "s" but as it's caught on, it's just considered acceptable now.
Men’s is the plural possessive form of men. When the noun already ends in “s” and we want to make the word possessive, we need to put the apostrophe after the “s”. In this case, the plural is irregular and “men” doesn’t end in “s” so we need to add “s” to men.
13 paź 2017 · The apostrophe shows that it's a committee of or for young men. Please list a reference showing that "mens" is a word, and what it means. –
28 wrz 2017 · Rule #1. For singular and plural nouns that don’t end in ‑s: noun + ’s. boy + ’s = boy’s. men + ’s = men’s. Rule #2. For singular nouns ending in ‑s: noun + ’s. class + ’s = class’s. Rule #3. For plural nouns ending in ‑s: nouns + ’. ladies + ’ = ladies’. Examples. Excuse me, do you know where the men’s room is?