Which sentence shows the correct plural possessive for a noun ending in s?

Which sentence shows the correct plural possessive for a noun ending in s?

• A. The girls dress.
• B. The girls dresses.
• C. The girls' dresses.
• D. The girl' dresses.

Answer: (C)

When showing possession for a plural noun that ends in s, you add an apostrophe after the s. The owner here is girls (plural), and what’s owned is dresses. So the correct form is The girls' dresses, meaning the dresses belonging to the girls. The other options miss the possessive punctuation or use it on the wrong form: The girls dress lacks the possessive, The girls dresses has no apostrophe, and The girl' dresses incorrectly uses a possessive ending for a singular noun.

When showing possession for a plural noun that ends in s, you add an apostrophe after the s. The owner here is girls (plural), and what’s owned is dresses. So the correct form is The girls' dresses, meaning the dresses belonging to the girls.

The other options miss the possessive punctuation or use it on the wrong form: The girls dress lacks the possessive, The girls dresses has no apostrophe, and The girl' dresses incorrectly uses a possessive ending for a singular noun.