HELP - Possesive form.

The singular possessive for Texas is Texas'.

If a word ends in s, z or x then you don't add an S on the end for the possessive.

So the possessive for Charles is Charles' even if it is singular.

Although that s,z,x rule only applies with NAMES.

For normal nouns, then it box's or boxes'.

But if a person's name ends in s,z, or x then it's not apostrophe S to make the possessive. It's just apostropje.



So never say "Charles Dickens's novel." It's always "Charles Dickens'" novel even though it's singular.

"would want to take a word like candy and use the following.
candy(singular), candies(plural), candie's(singular possesive), and candies'(plural possesive). "


You've got them all right except the singular possessive. The singular possessive of "candy" is "candy's."

Candy
Candy's

Candies
Candies'

possesive nouns with an (') before the s in a noun singular is singular exept for the plural nouns that don't end in s.

But if the (') is after the s in a plural noun it is plural.

If you were to personalize something as a gift for a whole family that ends in an S, would you say The "Meadows' Family", or The "Meadows's Family"?? Would it be the same rule if the saying doesn't begin with "The"??

I often find myself questions what is going on with people using the apostrophe.

When I was in school, (about a hundred years ago), they taught us that to use a word and add an apostrophe then an s was like adding the word "it is", etc.
To add an apostrophe after a word show the possesive for of that word.
My moms' hat, shows the hat belongs to my mom.
"The cats food" would show the food belonged to many cats whereas the cats' food shows the food belongs to one cat.
Then "the cat's food" means the cat is food.

I am wondering if all the rules have changed since I went to school?

What is the plural possesive for "kids" --1.kids's or 2. kids'

Kids'

would the possive of family be family's or families'

if a word/name is usually two syllables or less, ends in -s, with no other -s-'s in the name, then you add an apostrophe -s ['s] to it, and pronounce the additional -s:
eg. "Jerry Lewis's telethon" (pronounced: Jerry Lewises telethon)
eg. "the princess's crown" (pro. the princesses crown)
eg. "my syllabus' timeframe" (pro. syllabusses)--3 syll. exception [damn.]

if a word/name is two syllables or less, ends in -s, and there is a preceding -s- in the word/name, then you add an apostrophe to the final -s, and pronounce the additional -s:
eg. Jesus' Mother (pronounced: Jesuses Mother; also mistakingly as Jesus Mother)

;if the next word begins with an s- sound, do not pronounce the addition -s:
eg. "for conscience' sake"

;if it's more than two syllables, then don't pronounce the additional -s:
eg. "the analysis' beginning" [damn.]

otherwise, you follow the rules above by adding the apostrophe and not pronouncing an additional -s:
...[DAMN!]

Forget it! this is too damn complicated!!!

Would you please let me know the possesive plural for mice? Is it mice's homes?

What is the singular possessive of class and the plural possessive of classes? It is class' and classes'

What is a plural possesive?

<<What is a plural possesive? >>

A plural possessive is when something or things belong to more that one entity as in:
"the partners' business"
i.e. "the business of the partners (plural)"

the business belongs to all partners, not just one