Everybody’s, everyone’s, somebody’s, someone’s, anybody’s, anyone’s, nobody’s, no one’s. EDIT: And also the reciprocal pronouns: each other’s, one another’s. The condensation of prose by dropping apostrophes and hyphens works at both local and global scales.

Originally Answered: “Can you please” or “Could you please” — which is correct? “Could” is the polite form of “can”—so both are correct, but we use them in different situations. We use “can” when we are telling someone to do something. We use “could” when we are making a request.

When you are determining whether you should use who or that, keep these simple guidelines in mind: Who is always used to refer to people. That is always used when you are talking about an object. That can also be used when you are talking about a class or type of person, such as a team.

As nouns the difference between someone and someones is that someone is a partially specified but unnamed person while someones is .

Apostrophe Rules for Possessives

1. Use an apostrophe + S (‘s) to show that one person/thing owns or is a member of something.
2. Use an apostrophe after the “s” at the end of a plural noun to show possession.
3. If a plural noun doesn’t end in “s,” add an apostrophe + “s” to create the possessive form.

She wants to know why boss’s has an apostrophe and an s but Chris’ has only an apostrophe. The truth is that Chris takes just an apostrophe only if you follow the rules in the The Associated Press Stylebook. In other style guides, Chris takes an apostrophe and an s: Chris’s.

All the English style guides insist that singular possessives are formed with -‘s and plurals with only -‘, so the possessive of Jones (singular) is Jones’s and the possessive of Joneses is Joneses’.

CMOS 7.20 states that in the case of a place-name ending with “s,” the “s’s” formation is not used; e.g., the United States’. However, 7.17 uses Kansas’s as an example of proper usage.

The important thing to remember is that Thomas is singular. When you’re talking about more than one, you first form that plural by adding -ES. One Thomas, two Thomases. Then, to note that something is owned by more than one Thomas, just take the plural and make it possessive: Thomases’.

All names ending in s become plural by adding es. Make it the Williamses. To show possession, add just an apostrophe: Williamses’. The house belonging to the Williams family is the Williamses’ house.

James’s car or James’ car? Actually, both ways are correct. If a proper name ends with an s, you can add just the apostrophe or an apostrophe and an s. See the examples below for an illustration of this type of possessive noun.

A: The form written with an apostrophe plus “s” (that is, “Jesus’s”) can represent either a contraction (short for “Jesus is” or “Jesus has”) or the possessive form of the name. The result is that your prayer could correctly be written with either “Jesus’ precious name” or “Jesus’s precious name.”

Some say that you should just add an apostrophe at the end, so you would write “Jesus’ words” and “Charles’ job“. And then other books say that you should follow the same rules as any other name or any other noun, and add apostrophe, “s”. So you would write, “Jesus’s” …

“And whatsoever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.” Clearly, Jesus is telling us to pray in His name, that whatever we ask He will do. Because of our unrighteousness, prayer is a privilege we don’t deserve.

Therefore, “Jesus” is rarely if ever pluralized, but if is, e.g., in a special usage and meaning such as ‘people who are like Jesus’, the plural would be the regular “Jesuses,” with the written plural suffix “-es” which is used after noun stems that end in sibilants (sounds like [s] and [z]) and in which the “-es” …