's may refer to:
* 's, an ending used to form the
possessive
A possessive or ktetic form (abbreviated or ; from la, possessivus; grc, κτητικός, translit=ktētikós) is a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in a broad sense. This can include strict owne ...
of English nouns and noun phrases
* 's, a
contraction
Contraction may refer to:
Linguistics
* Contraction (grammar), a shortened word
* Poetic contraction, omission of letters for poetic reasons
* Elision, omission of sounds
** Syncope (phonology), omission of sounds in a word
* Synalepha, merged ...
of the English words ''is'' and ''has''
* 's, a form of the English plural ending, written after single letters and in some other instances (see also
Greengrocers' apostrophes
The apostrophe ( or ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes:
* The marking of the omission of one o ...
)
* 's, a contraction of the old Dutch genitive article ''des'', appearing in names such as
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
See also
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All pages beginning with 's
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All pages beginning with 'S
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Apostrophe
The apostrophe ( or ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes:
* The marking of the omission of one ...
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-s (disambiguation)
-s or -es may be:
*an ending used to form the regular English plural
*an ending used to form the third-person singular present indicative of English verbs
*a plural or other inflectional ending in certain other languages; see French grammar, Germa ...
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S (disambiguation)
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