Read the following sentence and choose the correction in apostrophe use, if any. The newspapers witnesses told conflicting accounts of the event.

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Jaylan Garza

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6 September, 09:58

Read the following sentence and choose the correction in apostrophe use, if any. The newspapers witnesses told conflicting accounts of the event.

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Lyric Knox · Answer 1

The newspapers' witnesses told conflicting accounts of the event.

Hana Dickerson · Answer 2

The apostrophe should be placed right after the final - s in "newspapers".

Explanation:

The apostrophe is used to show possession. With singular nouns, you should add an apostrophe plus the letter - s (see 1). With plural nouns, you should only add an apostrophe after the - s (see 2). In the sentence above, the plural noun "newspapers" lacks the apostrophe, so the possession relationship between newspapers and witnesses is not grammatically shown.

1) A woman's dress

2) Guys' night out