Need help with apostrophies....

I'm writing a letter and am having trouble discerning between the two. One's singular, the other's plural, right? Anyway, here's the sentence I'm having trouble with:

"I heard you're going to Chrisesparent'shouse."

I'm almost positive that's not right, so what is it? Chris'? Chris's? I think the parent's is OK.

Anyone?

"I heard you're going to Chris' parent's tonight"

If it ends with an s then you pluralise it by putting the apostrophe right after it.

"I heard you're going to Chris' parent's tonight"

If it ends with an s then you pluralise it by putting the apostrophe right after it.

domatron23

So would writing "The dog's bowl" be incorrect, or would it be "The dogs' bowl"?as it ends with an s? Or would dogs' be used if there was more than one dog?

Thanks for your help.

[QUOTE="domatron23"]

"I heard you're going to Chris' parent's tonight"

If it ends with an s then you pluralise it by putting the apostrophe right after it.

Rekunta

So would writing "The dog's bowl" be incorrect, or would it be "The dogs' bowl"?as it ends with an s? Or would dogs' be used if there was more than one dog?

Thanks for your help.

No not quite. That rule applies only if the word is singular to begin with. The singular of dogs is dog and as such does not end in an s so it doesn't need an apostrophe at the end. The correct pluralisation is "The dog's bowl".

Remember though, the s rule (like many "rules" of english) has exceptions. The words octopus and cactus, for example, end in an s and yet their plural forms are octopi and cacti. The english language is pretty stupid really.

[QUOTE="domatron23"]

"I heard you're going to Chris' parent's tonight"

If it ends with an s then you pluralise it by putting the apostrophe right after it.

Rekunta

So would writing "The dog's bowl" be incorrect, or would it be "The dogs' bowl"?as it ends with an s? Or would dogs' be used if there was more than one dog?

Thanks for your help.

For your earlier sentence, is there one parent, or two? If there are two parents, then it would "parents' house." If there's one, then it would be "parent's". For Chris, I'm not quite sure. I want to say "Chris's," but I might be wrong.

[QUOTE="Rekunta"][QUOTE="domatron23"]

"I heard you're going to Chris' parent's tonight"

If it ends with an s then you pluralise it by putting the apostrophe right after it.

domatron23

So would writing "The dog's bowl" be incorrect, or would it be "The dogs' bowl"?as it ends with an s? Or would dogs' be used if there was more than one dog?

Thanks for your help.

No not quite. That rule applies only if the word is singular to begin with. The singular of dogs is dog and as such does not end in an s so it doesn't need an apostrophe at the end. The correct pluralisation is "The dog's bowl".

Remember though, the s rule (like many "rules" of english) has exceptions. The words octopus and cactus, for example, end in an s and yet their plural forms are octopi and cacti. The english language is pretty stupid really.