English question!!

[Hoeboy]

This has always annoyed me when writing essays and I'm trying to show possessive. For example: Hoeboy's girlfriend is Kristin Kreuk. Is the apostrophe in Hoeboy's correct? or does the apostrophe before the "s" turns it into "Hoeboy is"? Or should I be putting the apostrophe after the s?

 

[thawolfman]

First off, it's an apostrophe.

schwing

 

[Johnnie]

Hoeboy's

this is correct
shows possesive pronoun

 

[JimmyEatWorld]

I used to confuse that when I was writing "its" and "it's" quickly... the '"its" means "it is" whereas, "it's" shows posession.
at least thats how I think it goes.

 

[fatbaby]

Originally posted by: Hoeboy
This has always annoyed me when writing essays and I'm trying to show possessive. For example: Hoeboy's girlfriend is Kristin Kreuk. Is the quotation in Hoeboy's correct? or does the quotation before the "s" turns it into "Hoeboy is"? Or should I be putting the quotation after the s?

You only put the " ' " after the S if the noun is plural like childrens:

The girls' breasts were sagging. (girls is plural)

In your case, you put the " ' " before the s.

The girl's breasts were sagging. (girl is singular, so just one girl has saggy...)

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: JimmyEatWorld
I used to confuse that when I was writing 'its' and 'it's' quickly... the 'its' means 'it is' whereas, 'it's' shows posession.
at least thats how I think it goes.

I think you got it the other way round?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: fatbaby

Originally posted by: Hoeboy
This has always annoyed me when writing essays and I'm trying to show possessive. For example: Hoeboy's girlfriend is Kristin Kreuk. Is the quotation in Hoeboy's correct? or does the quotation before the "s" turns it into "Hoeboy is"? Or should I be putting the quotation after the s?

You only put the " ' " after the S if the noun is plural like childrens:

The girls' breasts were sagging. (girls is plural)

In your case, you put the " ' " before the s.

The girl's breasts were sagging. (girl is singular, so just one girl has saggy...)

fatbaby is correct sir

 

[Hoeboy]

err.. yeah apostrophe

Okay so put apostrophe after the s if it's plural and before the s if it's singular. Seriously NO goddamn English teacher told me this and I'm almost done with college. Or maybe I wasn't listening

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: JimmyEatWorld
I used to confuse that when I was writing 'its' and 'it's' quickly... the 'its' means 'it is' whereas, 'it's' shows posession.
at least thats how I think it goes.

It's = It is.

Its = Possessive.

 

[JimmyEatWorld]

I'm also Lysdexic

 

[Hoeboy]

wait so when using its to show possessive such as: Its breast (chicken) are as large as watermelons, I don't use a quotation at all unlike when referring to people?

 

[JimmyEatWorld]

apostrophe

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: JimmyEatWorld
I used to confuse that when I was writing "its" and "it's" quickly... the '"its" means "it is" whereas, "it's" shows posession.
at least thats how I think it goes.

And that's exactly backwards(much like English itself). "It's" is a contraction for "It is", "its" is ownership.

 

[Antoneo]

Originally posted by: Hoeboy
wait so when using its to show possessive such as: Its breast (chicken) are as large as watermelons, I don't use a quotation at all unlike when referring to people?

Correct Sentence: Its breast was as large as a watermelon.

or

Its breasts were as large as watermelons.

I'm talking about chicken of course........

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: Antoneo

Originally posted by: Hoeboy
wait so when using its to show possessive such as: Its breast (chicken) are as large as watermelons, I don't use a quotation at all unlike when referring to people?

Correct Sentence: Its breast was as large as a watermelon.

or

Its breasts were as large as watermelons.

I'm talking about chicken of course........

mmmm...watermelons

 

[silverpig]

You only put the apostrophe after an s and followed by nothing to avoid s's endings.

ie girls -> girls' and not girls's (gurlzez heh)

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Johnnie

Hoeboy's

this is correct
shows possesive pronoun

It's not a pronoun.

 

[ETan]

Originally posted by: pillage2001

Originally posted by: JimmyEatWorld
I used to confuse that when I was writing 'its' and 'it's' quickly... the 'its' means 'it is' whereas, 'it's' shows posession.
at least thats how I think it goes.

I think you got it the other way round?

I still find it a bit ironic when a non-native speaker corrects a native speaker in his/her own language...

oh, and...
effect and practice are the nouns.. affect and practise are the verbs.


(unless US english don't use "practise"? not sure.)