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FYI, you don't need an apostraphe to make something plural.

 

One book

Two books (not book's)

 

for example. The ' denotes aither possession (as in the book's cover) or it replaces other letters to form a contraction (as in can't).

 

Sorry, just a pet peeve.

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I edited it to make it (i think) i bit moree understandable.,  What I meant was that you can have one book and if you have another book, you now have two books.

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Hm..makes sence and you're right but, where is the word "book's" used?

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Okkkk...? Dude, is everything alright today? I mean really. You sound like somethings bothering you. I mean this sincerely. I am not poking fun, what's up?

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What are you talking about? Did you look at the title of this topic?

 

What Computer Magazine's To Get!

 

He said "magazine's" and I was pointing out that that is incorrect, like saying "book's" instead of "books" would be.

 

It sould have been:

 

What Computer Magazines to Get

 

edit:

 

Greengrocers' apostrophe

 

Apostrophes used incorrectly to form plurals are known as greengrocers' apostrophes (also: greengrocer's apostrophes, grocers' apostrophes or grocer's apostrophes, sometimes humorously greengrocers apostrophe's). The term was coined in the United Kingdom where such mistakes are common in the signs and advertisements of greengrocers, e.g.

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