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When using an apostrophe to mark a possessive case, it is vital to know whether the person or object doing the possessing is singular or plural.

=The rules= The rules are simple:
 * 1) When the person or object doing the possessing is singular, you always add s  to denote that it is doing the possessing.'
 * 2) *Examples:
 * 3) **A single man possessing a hat: The man's hat.
 * 4) **The barking of a particular dog: That dog's incessant barking.
 * 5) **The legs of a singular table: My table's legs.
 * 6) **The waves of a single ocean: The ocean's waves.
 * 7) **The labour performed within a given day: All in a day's work.
 * 8) **Problems not possessed by anybody: Nobody's problems.
 * 9) **Problems possessed by each other: Each other's problems.
 * 10) **The evil plan of a single attorney-general: The attorney-general's evil plan.
 * 11) **A list made by a single organisation: The F. B. I.'s most-wanted list.
 * 12) **The heal of Achilles: Achilles's heel
 * 13) **The rebellion led by Daniel Shays: Shays's Rebellion
 * 14) **The staff of Moses: Moses's staff
 * 15) ***Pronounced: moseses staff
 * 16) **The disciples of Jesus: Jesus's disciples
 * 17) ***Pronounced: jesuses disciples
 * 18) **The brother of a single person: Jacob Grimm's brother, Wilhelm.
 * 19) ***Pronounced: jacob grimms brother wilhelm
 * 20) **The books possessed or written by Charles Dickens: Charles Dickens's books
 * 21) ***Pronounced: charles dickenses books
 * 22) **The philosophy of a single philosopher: Socrates's philosophy.
 * 23) ***Pronounced: socrateses philosophy
 * 24) **The lack of relevancy of a single official: The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports's irrelevancy.
 * 25) ***Pronounced: the lord warden of the cinque portses irrelevancy
 * 26) **The McNuggets produced by a single restaurant named McDonald's: The local McDonald's's McNuggets.
 * 27) ***Pronounced: the local micdonaldses micnuggets
 * 28) **The first track of a single album titled His 'n' Hers: His 'n' Hers's first track.
 * 29) ***Pronounced: his en herses first track
 * 30) When the person or object doing the possessing is plural—a normal plural, where s or es is added to the singular to form it into a plural—you always add   to denote that it is doing the possessing.'
 * 31) *Examples:
 * 32) **The barking of multiple dog: Those dogs' incessant barking.
 * 33) **The legs of a various table: My tables' legs.
 * 34) **The waves of various ocean: The oceans' waves.
 * 35) **Problems possessed by others: The others' problems.
 * 36) **The single heal collectively possessed by multiple persons with the same name, Achille: The Achilles' heel
 * 37) ***Pronounced: the achilles heal
 * 38) **The published compendium of multiple persons with the same surname, Grimm: Grimms' Fairy Tales.
 * 39) ***Pronounced: grimms fairy tales
 * 40) **The books collectively possessed or collectively written by multiple persons with the same name, Charles Dicken: Charles Dickens' books
 * 41) ***Pronounced: charles dickens books
 * 42) **The philosophy of multiple persons with the same name, Socrate: The Socrates' philosophy.
 * 43) ***Pronounced: The Socrates philosophy
 * 44) **The McNuggets produced by the various McDonald's branches: McDonald's' McNuggets.
 * 45) ***Pronounced: micdonaldss micnuggets
 * 46) When the person or object doing the possessing is plural—where plurality is not denoted by adding s or es to the singular—you always add s  to denote that it is doing the possessing.'
 * 47) *Examples:
 * 48) **Multiple men possessing a single hat: The men's hat.
 * 49) **Multiple men possessing a multiple hats: The men's hats.
 * 50) **Multiple children possessing a single game: The children's game.
 * 51) **Multiple children possessing a multiple games: The children's games.
 * 52) **A single evil plan held in common by multiple attorneys-general: The attorneys-general's evil plan.
 * 53) ***Pronounced: the attorneys generals evil plan
 * 54) **Multiple evil plan held, whether individually or in common, by multiple attorneys-general: The attorneys-general's evil plans.
 * 55) ***Pronounced: the attorneys generals evil plans
 * 56) **The legs of multiple people: People's legs.
 * 57) ***Pronounced: peoples legs
 * 58) **The various sides of various dice: The dice's various sides.
 * 59) ***Pronounced: the dices various sides
 * 60) **The lack of relevancy of multiple officials who have held the same title: The Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports's irrelevancy.
 * 61) ***Pronounced: the lords warden of the cinque portses irrelevancy
 * 62) Exceptions:
 * 63) *Her
 * 64) *Hers
 * 65) *His
 * 66) *Its
 * 67) **It's was originally proper, was was dropped in the early 1800s. It now refers exclusively to contractions of it is.
 * 68) *Mine
 * My
 * 1) *Their
 * 2) *Theirs
 * 3) *Our
 * 4) *Ours
 * 5) *Whose
 * 6) *Your
 * 7) *Yours

=How placement disambiguates= Each of these four phrases has a distinct meaning: "" Each of these three sentences has a distinct meaning: ""