Apostrophes in plurals?

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placed after 's' eg : boys'
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Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or -es (guy, guys; letter, letters; actress, actresses; etc.). To show plural possession, simply put an apostrophe after the 's'
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Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or -es (guy, guys; letter, letters; actress, actresses; etc.). To show plural possession, simply put an apostrophe after the s. Rule 2b. Do not use an apostrophe + s to make a regular noun plural.
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Yes. but if it is ending with S.
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Yes, it's possible. For Singular Number, apostrophe is used just after the Noun-word followed by 's'. Example- This is Pankaj's Question. But in plurals, apostrophe is used only by 'comma' sign, just after the plural word. Exaples- This is boys' school.
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Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or -es (guy, guys; letter, letters; actress, actresses; etc.). To show plural possession, simply put an apostrophe after the s. Rule 2b. Do not use an apostrophe + s to make a regular noun plural.
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Yes, we can use apostrophes in plurals after the plural word without adding an s. Eg. Boys', cats'
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