Should Dads Have an Apostrophe?

Elena Rostova
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When the Possessive Noun Possessive Noun Together with a Noun, as in My Car, Your Sisters, His Boss. .. . Without an Accompanying Noun, as in Mine Is Red, I...

Should Dads Have an Apostrophe?

When the possessive noun

possessive noun
Together with a noun, as in my car, your sisters, his boss. ... Without an accompanying noun, as in mine is red, I prefer yours, this book is his. A possessive used in this way is called a substantive possessive pronoun, a possessive pronoun or an absolute pronoun.
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(the thing something belongs to) is singular, as in Dad's car and indeed in Dad's cars, the apostrophe is placed before the 's'. When the possessive noun is plural, as in the boys' room or in the boys' rooms, the apostrophe is placed after the 's'.

Which is correct dads or dad's?

The plural form of dad is dads.

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When Should fathers have an apostrophe?

If you think of the word Fathers as an adjective describing the word Day, then you would not use an apostrophe. It would be a day for fathers. The same could be said for using the plural possessive Fathers' Day. It is a day belonging to all fathers.

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