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problem with apostrophes

neml's picture
Submitted by neml on 7 January, 2012 - 11:09. Bosnia and Herzegovina

hi there, 
I have some problem with apostrophes in every exercise, coz I make it ( ctrl+alt and   number 7 - there is sign for apostrophes) and that haven`t worked. I`ve done exercise correctly but that not recognized as true.
have anyone had the same problem ?  and maybe give an advice ?
thank you a lot

Hi Nemi, Actually, if you are

AdamJK's picture
Submitted by AdamJK on 7 January, 2012 - 13:10. Poland

Hi Nemi,
Actually, if you are typing the symbol in your comment, it's not an apostrophe, it's a 'backtick', which looks similar, but is slightly different. I think on your Bosnian keyboard, the apostrophe might be to the right of the 0 (zero) key.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team

thank you

neml's picture
Submitted by neml on 8 January, 2012 - 09:57. Bosnia and Herzegovina

I've found it :) thank you so much for you answer and the time you find for us, students.
best regards from Bosnia

Hello, Happy to help! If you

AdamJK's picture
Submitted by AdamJK on 8 January, 2012 - 23:55. Poland

Hello,
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Best wishes,
Adam
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Please explain for me

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Submitted by TraceyPham on 3 July, 2011 - 14:05. Vietnam

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am not sure that I can understand the difference between ''the boy's'' and ''the boys' '' in the example 2. Can you explain for me, please? 
Thank you so much!

boys' vs. boy's

rozy bravo's picture
Submitted by rozy bravo on 30 December, 2011 - 19:06. Libya

dear sir
you have to use the (') before the s like brother's to indicate that it is for only one brother 
and use the (')after the s like brothers' to indicate that it is for more than one brother , meaning plural ;)
hope it was useful ..
student :P

i think,

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Submitted by Miss.K.Shana on 6 December, 2011 - 05:04. Sri Lanka

the boy's mean,
 it's stand on the sentence ,
in some sentence the boy's mean - the boy is or the boy has .
i don't know what your sentence prefer it.
eg:-
The boy's too sensitive. (boy is)
The boy's finished his homework . (boy has)
​the boys..
​eg:-
The boys are handsome.(=all boys are handsome)
​i hope u can understand even a little bit of my explanation.

Difference between boy's and boys'

shrikant.j's picture
Submitted by shrikant.j on 17 October, 2011 - 07:39. India

Dear Tracey,
Both the nouns are possessive in nature, but when we say boy's, it means something that belongs to the BOY and boy is singular noun here. And when we say boys', it means something that belongs to the BOYS and it's plural.
hence the difference is of being "Boy" as a singular and plural noun.
Hope this will satisfy your query. 

Hi Tracey, Here is a link to

Erik_CO's picture
Submitted by Erik_CO on 4 July, 2011 - 11:50. Poland

Hi Tracey,
Here is a link to possessive nouns. Is it clear now?
-Erik
The LearnEnglish Team