The noun girls is the plural form of the singular noun girl.
Example: There were two girls sitting in the waiting room.
The apostrophe is added to the end of the plural noun to form a possessive noun. The possessive form shows that something belongs to two or more girls.
Example: The two girls' suitcases were next to them. (the suitcases belonging to the girls)
When it's a plural possessive that already ends in -s. girls' dresses singers' voices
The word girls is a common plural noun.The girls went shopping.If girls owns something, it needs an apostrophe.The girls' bags were stolen.
Only if the plural is possessive.
By adding an apostrophe to the end of the word.If the word does not end with an 's' then add an apostrophe and then 's'.For example:The girls' room. (word ends in an 's' so just an apostrophe is added)The men's room. (word does not end in an 's' so an apostrophe then 's' is added)
You put the apostrophe in children's between the n and the s. Children is plural for child. Since children is plural adding the apostrophe s makes it possessive.
No, the plural of status is actually statuses.
The plural form of "apostrophe" is "apostrophes."
The possessive form of the plural noun girls is girls'.Example: The girls' coats all hung in a neat row.All English nouns ending in s in the plural form the plural possessive by adding an apostrophe to the end of the word.
A plural apostrophe doesn't look like anything. There's no such thing as a plural apostrophe.
No, the word "grandparents" does not require an apostrophe. The plural form is used without any punctuation marks.
Yes, the plural form of apostrophe is "apostrophes".
When it's possessing something. To clarify: The only time you use an apostrophe on a plural word is when it is a possessive plural, e.g. the children's clothes or the dogs' water dishes. In these instances, children and dogs are both already plural. Note the difference in the position of the apostrophe. If the plural ends in s, the apostrophe goes after the s. If the word itself is plural, the apostrophe goes before the s.