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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Everyone's or everyones ??

is it correct to use "everyone's" or "everyones" ???

when refering to ownership by everyone.

-anybody??
  

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everyone's

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it should be everyone's
it shows ownership
everyones is grammatically wrong..
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Wrong.
Everyone's means everyone IS. Just like it's means it IS. If you say its fur is wet (referring to a dog or whatever), you do not use and apostrophe. You only use an apostrophe in this situation:
It's raining--It is raining.
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AnonymousWrong.

Everyone's means everyone IS. Just like it's means it IS. If you say its fur is wet (referring to a dog or whatever), you do not use and apostrophe. You only use an apostrophe in this situation:
It's raining--It is raining.

I see.

You believe that "everyone's" cannot show possession the way "Jim's or "the teac
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AnonymousWrong.

Everyone's means everyone IS. Just like it's means it IS. If you say its fur is wet (referring to a dog or whatever), you do not use and apostrophe. You only use an apostrophe in this situation:

It's raining--It is raining.


Before making such loud disapproval, I think you need to review.

Possessive case:
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Wrong right back at ya. "Everyone's" is correct because it's being used for the possessive case of indefinite pronoun (which should be formed in the same way as the possessive case of a noun), for example, "It is everyone's responsibility."
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No, I'm sorry, it's everyone's.
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