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複数形と所有格

Plural and possessive nouns

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Plural nouns usually add -s (scientists). Singular possessives add ’s (the scientist’s notes). Plural possessives add an apostrophe after the s (the scientists’ notes).

複数は通常-s(scientists)、単数の所有格は’s(the scientist’s notes)、複数の所有格はsの後にアポストロフィ(the scientists’ notes)。

✔ 正しい文: The two researchers’ findings were published last year.

✘ 誤った文: The two researcher’s findings were published last year.

→ 直し方: Two researchers own the findings, so the apostrophe goes after the s: "researchers’".

コツ: Ask: one owner or more? Is anything owned at all? No owner = no apostrophe.

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Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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