-'s (English, suffix)
expansion: -'s
expansion: -'s
Senses:
glosses: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.
tags: enclitic
morpheme
proscribed
sometimes
glosses: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.
tags: enclitic
morpheme
obsolete
glosses: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.
tags: enclitic
morpheme
proscribed
Forms:
form: -’s
tags: alternative
form: -s
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: -s-
tags: alternative