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Use \u2019s to indicate the possessive of singular and proper nouns not ending in s: Timothy\u2019s, the church\u2019s attendance, the bishop\u2019s request, the fox\u2019s den, Xerox\u2019s profit margin.<\/em><\/p>\n

Use \u2019s for singular common nouns ending in s: the virus\u2019s spread, the witness\u2019s reply<\/em><\/p>\n

Use just an apostrophe (\u2019) for plural nouns and singular proper names ending in s: Jesus\u2019 example, James\u2019 letter, Moses\u2019 law, the churches\u2019 request, states\u2019 rights<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For parishes named after a saint, the saint\u2019s name takes an apostrophe: St. Timothy\u2019s Episcopal Church, St. James\u2019 Episcopal Church, All Angels\u2019 Episcopal Church<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Do not use an apostrophe after a word ending in \u2018s\u2019 when it is primarily used descriptively: a writers guide, the rectors college, citizens band radio<\/em>. A way to remember this is that if \u201cfor\u201d or \u201cby\u201d would be appropriate in the longer version, rather than \u201cof,\u201d an apostrophe is not usually needed. A guide for writers, the college for rectors, a radio band for citizens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Use \u2019s to indicate the possessive of singular and proper nouns not ending in s: Timothy\u2019s, the church\u2019s attendance, the bishop\u2019s request\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"glossary-categories":[1976],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-3473715","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-categories-writing-style-guide"],"post_title":"apostrophe (\u2019)","post_content":"

Use \u2019s to indicate the possessive of singular and proper nouns not ending in s: Timothy\u2019s, the church\u2019s attendance, the bishop\u2019s request, the fox\u2019s den, Xerox\u2019s profit margin.<\/em><\/p>

Use \u2019s for singular common nouns ending in s: the virus\u2019s spread, the witness\u2019s reply<\/em><\/p>

Use just an apostrophe (\u2019) for plural nouns and singular proper names ending in s: Jesus\u2019 example, James\u2019 letter, Moses\u2019 law, the churches\u2019 request, states\u2019 rights<\/em>.<\/p>

For parishes named after a saint, the saint\u2019s name takes an apostrophe: St. Timothy\u2019s Episcopal Church, St. James\u2019 Episcopal Church, All Angels\u2019 Episcopal Church<\/em>.<\/p>

Do not use an apostrophe after a word ending in \u2018s\u2019 when it is primarily used descriptively: a writers guide, the rectors college, citizens band radio<\/em>. A way to remember this is that if \u201cfor\u201d or \u201cby\u201d would be appropriate in the longer version, rather than \u201cof,\u201d an apostrophe is not usually needed. A guide for writers, the college for rectors, a radio band for citizens.<\/em><\/p>","acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"glossary-categories":[{"value":1976,"label":"Writing Style Guide"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jeremy Tackett","author_link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/author\/jtackett\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3474923,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473715\/revisions\/3474923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3473715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=3473715"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=3473715"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-languages?post=3473715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}