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Use 's when indicating possession or contraction (e.g. Sarah's cat, it's sunny) and use s' to show possession for plural nouns (e.g. the students' desks).

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When to use s's or s'?

peaking out of his mother's pouch or peaking out of his mothers' pouch?


When to use 's or ies?

Use an ''s' when you are indicating possession. Use 'ies' when you are indicating plurality.


When do you use an S followed by an apostrophe and when is it preceded by an apostrophe?

An 's preceded by an apostrophe ('s) indicates possession or contraction (e.g., John's book, it's raining). An s followed by an apostrophe (s') is used for plural possessives where the noun is already plural (e.g., the girls' toys).


When to use s' or 's?

s' is used as an apostrophe for a word that refers to plural form, for example saying The girls' toys. In this instance it refers to the toys of more than one girl. You would also use s' for names ending with an s, such as Tess' toys. 's is used as an apostrophe for a word that refers to singular form, for example saying The girl's toys. This refers to the toys of just one girl. You would also use 's with names such as Tom's toys


When to use s' and s's?

You ask yourself why there is an s at the end of the word you are making possessive. Does it end in an s because it is a plural? Are we talking about beans or foxes or throat lozenges or ideas? Then you use s' and write beans' sauce, foxes' pups, throat lozenges' taste or ideas' coherence. Or is the s at the end of the word just because it is a word or name which ends in s? Are we talking about a glass or Jones or a bonus or Hoss? Because then you use s's and write a glass's volume, Jones's house, the bonus's amount or Hoss's hat.