About that Apostrophe

rogersgeorge on August 16th, 2019

Okay, so where does the apostrophe go?

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Not before the “s,” not after the “s.” You remove it! This is another of those uncommon cases in English where you put the adjective after the noun, such as “court martial” and “attorney general.”

Can you think of any others?

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