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Originally Posted by BeccaAnn
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).
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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.