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Is it countries or country's?

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As you point out, “country's” is the possessive form of “country,” singular. The possessive form of the plural would be “countries'…” with an apostrophe after the “s.”

In this regard, is countries plural or possessive?

Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns

A	B
country	country's
countries	countries'
class	class's
classes	classes'

Is Country singular or plural?

Basically in English, there is a group of nouns which can be either singular or plural depending on what you want to say about them. So for example, if we're looking at the United States the country we would normally use the singular verb so for example – “The United States is a very big country.”

What is the possessive form of you?

The possessive forms of you are your (used before a noun) and yours (used in place of a noun). The reflexive forms are yourself (singular) and yourselves (plural).

Is the word us plural?

In English, the plural form of words ending in -us, especially those derived from Latin, often replaces -us with -i. There are many exceptions, some because the word does not derive from Latin, and others due to custom (e.g., campus, plural campuses).

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Is America a country Yes or no?

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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How many countries are in the world?

195 countries

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Is Africa a country?

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population.

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Can a state become a country?

Although it's not clearly laid out in law, a territory essentially becomes a sovereign state when its independence is recognised by the United Nations. And a surprising number of entities exist as unrecognised states, many for decades, without recognition of sovereignty.

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What does every country need?

Basic needs include food, nutrition, health services, education, water, sanitation, and shelter. A World Bank study to evaluate the success of developing countries in meeting their populations' basic needs discloses great disparity among countries. The study used literacy and life expectancy figures for the evaluation.

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How does a country become a country?

When is a state recognised as independent? Although it's not clearly laid out in law, a territory essentially becomes a sovereign state when its independence is recognised by the United Nations. If not, though, they could choose to declare their independence, and to exist as an unrecognised state indefinitely.

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What is an apostrophe in English?

The most common use of apostrophes in English is for contractions, where a noun or pronoun and a verb combine. Remember that the apostrophe is often replacing a letter that has been dropped. People, even native English speakers, often mistake its and it's, you're and your, who's and whose, and they're, their and there.

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How do you use possessive?

The possessive form is used with nouns referring to people, groups of people, countries, and animals. It shows a relationship of belonging between one thing and another. To form the possessive, add apostrophe + s to the noun. If the noun is plural, or already ends in s, just add an apostrophe after the s.

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How do you pronounce possessive names ending in s?

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What is a possessive apostrophe?

An apostrophe can be used to show that one thing belongs to or is connected to something. This is called a possessive apostrophe.

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Is Geeses a word?

There are a few English nouns that end in the sound /s/ or /z/ but are written with a final –e: mice (mouse) dice (die), geese (goose). Such plural nouns take 's is the possessive form. In other words, the possessive –s is required after a singular word ending in -s but not after a plural word ending in –s.

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Where does the apostrophe go?

An apostrophe is a small punctuation mark ( ' ) placed after a noun to show that the noun owns something. The apostrophe will always be placed either before or after an s at the end of the noun owner. Always the noun owner will be followed (usually immediately) by the thing it owns.

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Should Morrisons have an apostrophe?

As many shopping centres boast a Tesco, a Morrisons, a Sainsbury's, a Marks & Spencer, a Waterstones and a McDonald's, it is hardly surprising that many young people, and greengrocers of all ages, find apostrophes so difficult. So if anyone tells you we don't need apostrophes, they are wrong.

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How do you you use a semicolon?

Using Semicolons

A semicolon is most commonly used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought.
Use a semicolon between two independent clauses that are connected by conjunctive adverbs or transitional phrases.

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What is the plural of lady?

In the meanings “refined, polite woman” and “woman of high social position” the noun lady is the parallel of gentleman. As forms of address, both nouns are used in the plural ( Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation ), but only lady occurs in the singular.

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What is the plural of bus?

buses

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What is the singular of octopus?

There are three plural forms of octopus: octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. A fourth form octopods is occasionally used by scientists for taxonomic purposes. Currently, octopuses is the most common form in the UK as well as the US; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objected to as incorrect.

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