Question

Choose the correct possessive form for each phrase.

1:The mailbox belonging to the Burns family.

A:the Burns' mailbox.***
B:the Burn's mailbox
C:the Burns's mailbox
D:the mailbox's Burns

2:the skins of the potatoes

A:the potatoe's skins
B:the potatoes' skins***
C:the potatos's skins
D:the potatoes skins

3:the whiskers of the men

A:the men's whiskers***
B:the whisker's men
C:the mens whiskers
D:the mens' whiskers
Are these correct?

Answer 1

I agree with your answers.

#1 could also be C because of the way we pronounce it -- any one-syllable noun (including names) ending in -s can be either s' or s's.

Answer 2

Thank you!