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Old 09-17-2011, 05:17 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by BeccaAnn View Post
The biggest difference for me, and I've only noticed it in fanfiction, is the author will mean plural people or things and will put an apostrophe s on the end. An apostrophe s, means possession for me (as an American). Is this a common thing for Brits and other Commonwealth writers to do? An example would be: the Dursley's (meaning all the family members, going by the context of the sentence).
Using an apostrophe s when a plural is intended is just a mistake. It's not correct anywhere. That's why you've only seen it in fanfiction.

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