Grammar Help Please?

Question

How do you display possessiveness in a last name. For example, if the last name is Oats, or something that ends with an "s", do you say Oats's?

Answer 1

They are all correct.  For any grammar explanations Google "Grammar Book".  I use it all the time.  It's great.

Answer 2

oats'

Answer 3

If it ends in an s already, you put an apostrophe after the s and keep it that way. It would look like this: Oats'

Now, if it doesn't have an s at the end, you sould add an apostrophe and an s. Say you started with "Oat". You would make it look like this to show possessiveness: Oat's.

Answer 4

You say Oats' ___.

Answer 5

Yes you put apostrophe s

oats's game

or

oats's toy

Answer 6

If you are writing it, Oats' is the way to show possessiveness,  If you are speaking you can say belongs to the Oats family or say it as "Oats's" remembering that "Oats's" is not the correct spelling.

Answer 7

Jarvis's answer is right on!!

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Answer 8

Either Oats' or Oats's.  Both are correct grammatically, I guess most people would just use Oats' though, it just looks better written down.

Answer 9

Posessive apostrophe can come after the S for last names.

Oats'

Also works just for plurals: if there was more than one dog it would be the dogs' breakfast.