Assertion: apostrophe | /r/HasProperty | added
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: traditionally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In that sentence, the verb do is used as a plural noun, and the apostrophe was added because the writer felt that dos was confusing.
text: Traditionally, only an apostrophe is added to such names: Moses’ law, Xerxes’ army.
text: Some words or phrases are awkward to pronounce when the apostrophe is added ("geese's precise formation," for example).
text: When something belongs to two or more persons, an apostrophe is added after the name of the last person and then an “s” is added after it.
text: and then the apostrophe was added.
text: s to the noun, or if the noun is plural and already ends in s, only an apostrophe needs to be added.
text: It is a plural noun that ends in S so just the apostrophe is added.
text: One such rule involves the sound of the word: if the possessive inflection is pronounced as a separate syllable, it takes an apostrophe s; if not, the apostrophe alone should be added.
text: Both of these sources note that the apostrophe and the additional s should generally be added regardless of the word's last letter.
text: The apostrophe must be added to mark the genitive of proper names ending in "s", "x", "z", or "ß" which precede a noun that they specify: