Hello,
It pains me to find most HR people using, sorry abusing English - apostrophe used to show plural, condensed, modern day abbreviated Hinglish (!?!?!), and the list is endless.
No wonder, after a hard day's work we do relax a bit and exchange notes here. But, there must be some sort of protocol to be followed that this is a global forum and people do observe and learn from us.
Let me present an appeal to all SENIOR members - seniority not in the forum, but in actual HR activities to play the role model for thousands of young managers.
Here is a small ready-reckoner for you all.
Happy reading, happy learning.
Best regards,
Padmanaban
98400 29805
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APOSTROPHE - '
The apostrophe has three uses:
Forming possessives of nouns
To see if you need to make a possessive, turn the phrase around and make it an "of the..." phrase. For example:
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It pains me to find most HR people using, sorry abusing English - apostrophe used to show plural, condensed, modern day abbreviated Hinglish (!?!?!), and the list is endless.
No wonder, after a hard day's work we do relax a bit and exchange notes here. But, there must be some sort of protocol to be followed that this is a global forum and people do observe and learn from us.
Let me present an appeal to all SENIOR members - seniority not in the forum, but in actual HR activities to play the role model for thousands of young managers.
Here is a small ready-reckoner for you all.
Happy reading, happy learning.
Best regards,
Padmanaban
98400 29805
[IMG]https://www.citehr.com/misc.php?do=email_dev&email=YXRocmV5YTU0QHlhaG9vLm NvbQ==[/IMG]
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APOSTROPHE - '
The apostrophe has three uses:
1) to form possessives of nouns <link updated to site home>Apostrophes are NOT used for possessive pronouns or for noun plurals, including acronyms.
2) to show the omission of letters
3) to indicate certain plurals of lowercase letters. <link updated to site home> ( Search On Cite | Search On Google )
Forming possessives of nouns
To see if you need to make a possessive, turn the phrase around and make it an "of the..." phrase. For example:
the boy's hat = the hat of the boy three days' journey = journey of three daysIf the noun after "of" is a building, an object, or a piece of furniture, then no apostrophe is needed!
room of the hotel = hotel roomOnce you've determined whether you need to make a possessive, follow these rules to create one.
door of the car = car door
leg of the table = table leg
• add 's to the singular form of the word (even if it ends in -s):Thank you!the owner's car James's hat• add 's to the plural forms that do not end in -s:
the children's game the geese's honking• add ' to the end of plural nouns that end in -s:
houses' roofs three friends' letters• add 's to the end of compound words:
my brother-in-law's money• add 's to the last noun to show joint possession of an object:Todd and Anne's apartment
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