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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:55:53 AM EDT
[#1]
#3 is correct.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:57:32 AM EDT
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Actually the one you think is wrong is the correct one.
Alice's little girl. Correct. Alices is the plural of Alice. Alices' would be the possessive if the woman's (<----) name is Alices instead of Alice. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:58:13 AM EDT
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#2 could be correct if multipule Alices have a little girl.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:58:13 AM EDT
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Then why is "it's" equal to "it is", but "Alice's" is not equal to "Alice is"? |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:59:46 AM EDT
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Neither one of the three is correct. It is a present participle definitive possessive antonym. It"s a trick question?
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:59:56 AM EDT
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don't be confused by the fact that the possessive of an "it" is "its" (no apostrophe) and the contraction of "it is" is "it's". Every other case I can think of, though, is the exact opposite.
Come on, American English grammar is so simple. 
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:01:03 AM EDT
[#7]
I think you mean "None of the three are correct." 
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:01:13 AM EDT
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Actually Alice's would also be correct for "Alice is". It just wouldn't sound as fluid to say "Alice's going to the store" instead of "Alice is going to the store" |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:02:12 AM EDT
[#9]
My head hurts.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:03:25 AM EDT
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Something that confuses people is when the name ends in s, then the apostrophe goes after the s, my last name is Owens, the possessive is Owens'.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:03:38 AM EDT
[#11]
Yup and if the personal pronoun ends in an 's' you don't need a trailing s. Ex: "Chris' little girl." Edit: In Latin I think it would be 'Alicae little girl." |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:03:55 AM EDT
[#12]
Take two trips to the range and call me in the morning. 
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:08:28 AM EDT
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There is a neat little book I had for English 101 and 102 called "Rules for Writers" IF I could find it, I could post about the correct way for punctuating stuff. But since I can't find it, I won't.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:08:55 AM EDT
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But that does not count for Alice, even though it ends in an S sound, there is no S. right? |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:09:21 AM EDT
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Jeebus. The apostrophe in that case shows possession or ownership. The two words, "it" and "is" is conmbined and abbreviated by the apostrophe. Thus "it's", where the apostrophe replaces the "i" in the word "is" - again, denoting possession, ownership or quality, etc. For example: "I have a Ford car. It's blue in color." or "It's a sad day when adults sleep during remedial English class." I think I'm right. Or I could be drunk. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:10:39 AM EDT
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Wrong. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:11:53 AM EDT
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Wrong. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:12:11 AM EDT
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"Alices" could either mean more than one Alice, or I guess it could be a name, though I've never heard it.
"Alices' " would only work if something belonged to multiple Alices or belonged to someone named "Alices" "Alice's" concievably could be used as a contraction of "Alice is," but it usually isn't. It would usually be in reference to something that belongs to Alice. However, with a word such as "your" or "its," it is possessive without the apostrophe. With one, it would be a contraction of "you are" or "it is" (of course if it were a contraction of "you are" it would be you're, not you'r.) If you're talking about grammar nazis or CDs, you do not use an apostrophe, even though everyone does, unless you are using it as a possessive. Plurals do NOT use an apostrphe, unless it is a combination of a plural and possessive, in which case the apostrophe comes AFTER the plural "S" and is NOT followed by another "S." |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:19:31 AM EDT
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Tagg'ed.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:20:21 AM EDT
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Where does the ' go?
I like to keep my ' safely stored away. I have a really special ' and I don't want anything bad to happen to it. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:23:35 AM EDT
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Apart from the posessive, the " ' " is a place holder for omitted words in a contraction. My favorite? The future second person plural of Texas, "Ya'll'll". "Ya'll'll regret that." I hope I spelled that right.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:37:26 AM EDT
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Umm...  err.....yessss  Because the written word and the spoken word differ in English. Like the word 'herb' is pronounced 'erb'. (I say 'herb' anyway becuase there is a fucking H at the front. )Alice may end with an S sound when spoken because of it's soft C and silent E, but it is still written 'Alice' and therefore gets the "'s" at the end. Edit: By a soft C/hard C I mean 'cement' and 'change'. Try pronouncing the C in Alice the same way you pronounce the C in Change.  I'd say Al-ick-ah.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:40:11 AM EDT
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Nope. "Alice's going to the store" is a correct usage of the apostrophe. See the following link: Apostrophe s |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:44:39 AM EDT
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The mis-use of the apostrophe is rampant. Any of you all ever remember the advertising for the movie "Bridget Jones's Diary"???
Notice the mis-use of the apostrophe? It should read "Jones' Diary" not "Jones's Diary". Since hollyweird can't get their shit together, what makes anybody think our kids are gonna understand English?? |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:46:42 AM EDT
[#25]
in a single syllable word that ends with an 's' has to have the apostrophe after the 's'. for example chris' diner...therefore #3 is correct for case
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:47:59 AM EDT
[#26]
Actually, I think both are considered acceptable, but one is favored out of tradition. (the Jones' Diary is the favored one) also, why are there about 150 verbs in english that don't end in ED? slap slaped punch punched strike struck - he striked me. hit hit - he hited me. purchase purchased buy bought - he buyed me a new AR lower. Oh well, it is better than German. At least english has vowels and verbs.  
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:56:48 AM EDT
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Actually the correct contraction is Y'all... You are correct that the apostrophe is a place holder for omitted letters, and y'all is a contraction for "you all" so the apostrophe goes after the y. - HGW |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 12:08:10 PM EDT
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Y'all'll
 Ain't America great? |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 12:34:39 PM EDT
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All You All need to make this thread a sticky!!!
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Posted: 1/13/2006 2:04:21 PM EDT
[#31]
"it is" can be abbreviated to "it's" or even with a pro-noun like "I am" and "I'm" But it can't be done with a name |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 2:13:12 PM EDT
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Because the written word and the spoken word differ in English. Like the word 'herb' is pronounced 'erb'.
There are two schools of thought on that one. I think it's a regional thing, in a similar manner to the way the pronounciation of 'garage' or 'tomato' differs. Similarly, I seem to recall that when expressing ownership by a person whose name ends with 's', it is permissable also to put a "'s" at the end of it, such as "Chris's widget". Two ways of skinning that particular cat, which is rather odd in English. ETA, I see that has been pointed out above. Might be another regional issue. NTM |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 4:41:59 PM EDT
[#33]
Most people here are not professional enough to use the apostrophe. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 4:46:48 PM EDT
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Wouldn't that be All Y'all? and I'm from Illinois. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural. |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 12:26:50 PM EDT
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Oh yeah, that was a dumb mistake. I knew y'all'd catch that. |
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