New posts in possessives

What the function of the pronoun"it" here, does it refer to the contractor because the author did not know precisely what the contractor's gender is? [duplicate]

word-choice possessives personal-pronouns singular-they gender-neutral

Why "thine heart" but "thy whole heart"?

pronunciation possessives phonetics archaicisms early-modern-english

World Oceans Day — why is it plural?

grammaticality grammatical-number possessives

Definite or indefinite article in "the/a devil's advocate"

idioms possessives articles indefinite-articles definite-articles

What is the plural and singular form of people you follow on social media?

nouns possessives social-media social-interaction

Do you use an apostrophe for a group or institution name? [duplicate]

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What is the possessive form of "y'all"?

single-word-requests pronouns possessives contractions you-all

What is the correct spelling of "buyer* remorse"?

idioms punctuation orthography possessives apostrophe

Why is an apostrophe used in the genitive “-’s”?

etymology possessives apostrophe contractions

"Decoding time" vs. "time of decoding"

word-choice prepositions possessives possessive-s-vs-of modifier-vs-of

"Today's assumption" or "todays assumption" — which is valid grammar?

word-choice grammaticality nouns possessives apostrophe

When must a gerund be preceded by a possessive pronoun as opposed to an accusative one?

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Possessive form or not? [duplicate]

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Using apostrophe when abbreviating "recommendations" as "reco's"

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How to write the "plural of plural"?

grammaticality grammatical-number possessives

How do you punctuate what FFS expands to?

possessives apostrophe offensive-language saxon-genitive

Possessive apostrophes with names in speech marks [duplicate]

possessives apostrophe speech

What is the correct possessive form of names ending in "x"?

possessives saxon-genitive

Should "each" be followed by a singular or plural possessive? [duplicate]

punctuation british-english possessives apostrophe

Odd possessive form of a proper name: Why does Dryden write “Lord Nonsuch his” instead of “Lord Nonsuch’s” but “Bibber’s” instead of “Bibber his”?

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