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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Where to put apostrophe in the word Elipse?

Hello, I can't seem to figure this out. I want to write the following sentance where the word "elipse" needs to have posession:

A circle's X and Y radii will be equal; an elipse's will be different.

The apostrophe needs to indicate the X and Y radii belong to the elipse. Do I have it correct? Please help. Thank you.
  

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Hi, I can't seem to figure this out. I want to write the following sentance where the word "elipse" needs to have posession: A circle's X and Y radii will be equal; an elipse's will be different. The apostrophe needs to indicate the X and Y radii belong to the elipse.

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Hi,

I can't seem to figure this out. I want to write the following sentance where the word "elipse" needs to have posession:

A circle's X and Y radii will be equal; an elipse's will be different.

The apostrophe needs to indicate the X and Y radii belong to the elipse. Do I have it correct? Yes, you do.

An alternative is this.

The X and Y radii of a circl