Question
Is there an apostrophe?
Her coat is different from that of her sister's.
Her coat is different from that of her sister's.
Answers
Summer
No- It would be: Her coat is different from that of her sister.
Writeacher
Even better would be this: Her coat is different from her sister's.
Ms. Sue
I disagree with Summer.
The sentence implies that the coat is different than her sister's coat.
The apostrophe is needed.
The sentence implies that the coat is different than her sister's coat.
The apostrophe is needed.
Summer
The "that of" makes the sister possessive- no need to be possessive twice.
Anonymous
Who is right?I need help!
Ms. Sue
You convinced me, Summer. With that wording, it does not need an apostrophe.
Summer
I think that the apostrophe would be redundant
Ms. Sue
Yes. Thanks.
Summer
Sorry, our answers posted at the same time. I didn't mean to seem excessively insistent.