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Originally Posted by Unregistered
One party - and it's needs: party's needs
Two parties - and the needs of them both: parties' needs
The apostrophe indicates 'ownership' ... the needs are 'owned' by the party. But, if the word already ends with an 's', then you only add an apostrophe.
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Thread: Plural of parties
- 09-Jul-2009, 17:32 #1Unregistered Guest
Plural of parties The parties' need were incompatible.
More than one party and it is plural. Parties or Parties' or partys'??
- 09-Jul-2009, 17:37 #2
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Re: Plural of parties Thank you
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