Apostrophe use question:?
Which (if either) is correct:
John and Jill’s dog is friendly.
John’s and Jill’s dog is friendly.
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The first is correct if John and Jill both own the same dog.
I wonder if “John’s and Jill’s dogs is friendly. ” would be correct if there were 2 dogs owned separately by the 2?
HMMMMM.
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Actually neither is correct because of the apostrophe. The apostrophe is used in lieu of ” is” as in Jill is , hence Jill’s. The correct sentence would be written as “John and Jills dog is friendly.”
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The first is correct. The ownership of the dog is collaborative; it belongs to John and Jill, hence John and Jill’s dog.
If they each had a dog, then it would be John’s dog and Jill’s dog
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The first is correct. One person said that the apostrophe takes place of the work “is”. That is true if you said “John’s correct”. That would mean “John is correct”. But an apostrophe ‘s’ also determines ownership. “John’s dog” means that the dog belongs to John.
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The first is correct. im pretty sure the second isn’t.
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none of them are correct
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