So I was teaching how to form a plural possessive. Sigh! Demonstrating the correct process on the board, I wrote the following:
boys
We talked about the fact that it was more than one boy but that they didn't own/possess anything. In order to make them own something, we had to put an apostrophe after the "s" that was already there.
boys'
But in order for it to need the apostrophe, the boys need something to possess. What could they possess? Balls of course. And let's use it in a sentence while we're at it.
VOILA!!
THE BOYS' BALLS ARE RED.
Yes, of course they are. And so is my face.
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