Children's Books

[Azazel]

 

[Jessica]

I don't remember any. isn't that weird??! I know my mom read and read and read to me, but I don't remember.

I don't remember any either, but it's for books when I was like 3 or 4

 

[Abcinthia]

gee I feel silly looking at the title of this thread

it should read Childrens' Books
not Children's Books

way to go, Duhhh

Children's is correct so don't feel silly

 

[DuhhhBlond]

now I feel even sillier for second-guessing myself

 

[Abcinthia]

It's ok. I had to look in my English Language handout because you had me second guessing myself as well lol!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

My favorite by far:



My Mom got it for me after my Dad died.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Children's is correct so don't feel silly

lol ummm... no that means Children is books, I think it's childrens' because that means it's a posseisve verb, right? or is it just childrens?

 

[Abcinthia]

lol ummm... no that means Children is books, I think it's childrens' because that means it's a posseisve verb, right? or is it just childrens?

No it doesn't. It means children own the book. Another example would be Katie's book. I'm not saying I am a book, I am saying I own the book.

 

[DuhhhBlond]

aw, sorry about your Daddy, GW

a good book I read after my Mom died was Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelmen
(though it's not a child's book)

 

[Goat Whisperer]

No it doesn't. It means children own the book. Another example would be Katie's book. I'm not saying I am a book, I am saying I own the book.

But I thought the apostrophe before an S always meant that it was is: 's =is :confused

 

[DuhhhBlond]

it can mean possessive too

but maybe I shoulda entitled this thread Childrens Books with no apostrphe

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Aha! I googled apostrphies for dummies.

It says that in a singular noun it comes before an s ('s, Ex. my aunt's pen) and in a plural it comes after (s', the gerbils' tiny teeth)

Because Bill doesn't own everything: Plural possessives

You'd be finished figuring out apostrophes now if everything belonged to only one owner. Bill Gates is close, but even he hasn't taken over everything yet. You still need to deal with plural owners. The plurals of most English nouns — anything greater than one — already end with the letter s. To show ownership, all you do is add an apostrophe after the s. Take a look at these examples:
ten gerbils' tiny teeth (the tiny teeth belong to ten gerbils)
many dinosaurs' petrified teeth (the petrified teeth belong to a herd of dinosaurs)
a thousand sword swallowers' sliced teeth (the sliced teeth belong to a thousand sword swallowers)

Read more: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/using-apostrophes-to-show-possession.html#ixzz0gHdVTO6O
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[Abcinthia]

But I thought the apostrophe before an S always meant that it was is: 's =is :confused

Becuase because it can also be has. Apostraphes don't always mean the word has been contracted. Like Duhhh said they are posessive.

They can be after the s if the word is pluralised, eg:
cats' toys = the toys of many cats
cat's toys = toy of one cat
cat's on the mat = cat is on the mat.

 

[Jessica]

But I thought the apostrophe before an S always meant that it was is: 's =is :confused

can be possessive too :thumbup

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Becuase because it can also be has. Apostraphes don't always mean the word has been contracted. Like Duhhh said they are posessive.

They can be after the s if the word is pluralised, eg:
cats' toys = the toys of many cats
cat's toys = toy of one cat
cat's on the mat = cat is on the mat.

But doesn't childrens count as plural?

I hate the english language...

 

[Abcinthia]

But doesn't childrens count as plural?

I hate the english language...

No children is a plural of child. Childrens is bad English.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

No children is a plural of child. Childrens is bad English.

Yes, I know children is plural, so if you added an s, wouldn't it be childrens' like gerbils'?

 

[Abcinthia]

Yes, I know children is plural, so if you added an s, wouldn't it be childrens' like gerbils'?

No becuase gerbil is a singular and gerbils is the plural. You only put the apostraphe after the s for plurals that end with an s. Children doesn't end with an s, so the apostraphe goes before the s.

 

[Jessica]

but you can say James's (for possessive) because the name already ends in s...right?

 

[Abcinthia]

but you can say James's (for possessive) because the name already ends in s...right?

I would put it as James'