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An apostrophe is used in situations when we refer to something being possessed. With the apostrophe is refers to plurals.
For example:
John's cars.
Those are the cars owned by John.
Mens clothes.
This is wrong. Men is a plural itself. It should be:
Men's clothes.
1950's best song. This is what was the best song in 1950, not in the years from 1950 to 1959.
If you have a plural and possessive together, you can use the apostrophe after the s.
Farmers' incomes.
This refer to the incomes of many farmers.
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You MUST call S&W to get a correct answer.
