Inactive Tutor answered 06/03/25
The rule for singular nouns ending in y, is (apostrophe) 's if the word end in y.
For more one company, change the "y" to "i" and add 'ies."
"The companys mission statement will be reviewed next week." Should it be "companys" or "company's"?
Inactive Tutor answered 06/03/25
The rule for singular nouns ending in y, is (apostrophe) 's if the word end in y.
For more one company, change the "y" to "i" and add 'ies."
Inactive Tutor answered 06/02/25
It should be "company's" (with an apostrophe) to show possession, indicating the mission statement belongs to the company.
Corrected sentence: "The company's mission statement will be reviewed next week."
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Inactive Tutor
An apostrophe is used in cases of ownership when one wants to show a possession; for example, the of the lady is the lady's hat. For plural possession: the hats of the ladies--- the ladies' hats. We use apostrophes for contractions, which is used when we omit a letter: cannot= can't; will not = won't The ( ' ) is used in poetry. o'ver = over Apostrophe is used in Rhetoric as an address to someone not there, in some dramatic plays, Shakespeare address a woman's angry as "Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. Poets use an apostrophe to address the wind. "Ode to the West Wind."08/12/25