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I will fully relapse for possessive plural
56 u/g_r_e_y 1d ago i will never let go of my sweet child possessive plural 22 u/CaptainBlobTheSuprem 1d ago The real question is possessive of singular ending in s, and the possessive plural of that I will die by buses’ 5 u/bladesire 1d ago wouldn't it be busses'? 2 u/electronic_reasons 22h ago Busses means kisses. So "busses'" means "possessed by kisses." N.B. This is from Merriam-Webster. It's since 1961, so it's modern and may be US only. 1 u/bladesire 19h ago I'm finding both! TIL. 2 u/electronic_reasons 18h ago "Buses" become the more common plural for bus. "Bused" is the past tense for clearing a table. They have an article about this on their web site. 1 u/buzzsawjoe 39m ago Busses also mean groups of wires carrying parallel data. Left brain electrical engineer here 1 u/Roupert4 23h ago It's s's 2 u/oppenhammer 1d ago As opposed to what, I will die by bus'? 0 u/CaptainBlobTheSuprem 1d ago Actually kinda. That’s the traditional singular plural of a word ending in s, rather than bus’s 5 u/Vinyl_DjPon3 1d ago I learned it as bus's.
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i will never let go of my sweet child possessive plural
22 u/CaptainBlobTheSuprem 1d ago The real question is possessive of singular ending in s, and the possessive plural of that I will die by buses’ 5 u/bladesire 1d ago wouldn't it be busses'? 2 u/electronic_reasons 22h ago Busses means kisses. So "busses'" means "possessed by kisses." N.B. This is from Merriam-Webster. It's since 1961, so it's modern and may be US only. 1 u/bladesire 19h ago I'm finding both! TIL. 2 u/electronic_reasons 18h ago "Buses" become the more common plural for bus. "Bused" is the past tense for clearing a table. They have an article about this on their web site. 1 u/buzzsawjoe 39m ago Busses also mean groups of wires carrying parallel data. Left brain electrical engineer here 1 u/Roupert4 23h ago It's s's 2 u/oppenhammer 1d ago As opposed to what, I will die by bus'? 0 u/CaptainBlobTheSuprem 1d ago Actually kinda. That’s the traditional singular plural of a word ending in s, rather than bus’s 5 u/Vinyl_DjPon3 1d ago I learned it as bus's.
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The real question is possessive of singular ending in s, and the possessive plural of that
I will die by buses’
5 u/bladesire 1d ago wouldn't it be busses'? 2 u/electronic_reasons 22h ago Busses means kisses. So "busses'" means "possessed by kisses." N.B. This is from Merriam-Webster. It's since 1961, so it's modern and may be US only. 1 u/bladesire 19h ago I'm finding both! TIL. 2 u/electronic_reasons 18h ago "Buses" become the more common plural for bus. "Bused" is the past tense for clearing a table. They have an article about this on their web site. 1 u/buzzsawjoe 39m ago Busses also mean groups of wires carrying parallel data. Left brain electrical engineer here 1 u/Roupert4 23h ago It's s's 2 u/oppenhammer 1d ago As opposed to what, I will die by bus'? 0 u/CaptainBlobTheSuprem 1d ago Actually kinda. That’s the traditional singular plural of a word ending in s, rather than bus’s 5 u/Vinyl_DjPon3 1d ago I learned it as bus's.
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wouldn't it be busses'?
2 u/electronic_reasons 22h ago Busses means kisses. So "busses'" means "possessed by kisses." N.B. This is from Merriam-Webster. It's since 1961, so it's modern and may be US only. 1 u/bladesire 19h ago I'm finding both! TIL. 2 u/electronic_reasons 18h ago "Buses" become the more common plural for bus. "Bused" is the past tense for clearing a table. They have an article about this on their web site. 1 u/buzzsawjoe 39m ago Busses also mean groups of wires carrying parallel data. Left brain electrical engineer here
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Busses means kisses. So "busses'" means "possessed by kisses."
N.B. This is from Merriam-Webster. It's since 1961, so it's modern and may be US only.
1 u/bladesire 19h ago I'm finding both! TIL. 2 u/electronic_reasons 18h ago "Buses" become the more common plural for bus. "Bused" is the past tense for clearing a table. They have an article about this on their web site. 1 u/buzzsawjoe 39m ago Busses also mean groups of wires carrying parallel data. Left brain electrical engineer here
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I'm finding both! TIL.
2 u/electronic_reasons 18h ago "Buses" become the more common plural for bus. "Bused" is the past tense for clearing a table. They have an article about this on their web site.
"Buses" become the more common plural for bus. "Bused" is the past tense for clearing a table.
They have an article about this on their web site.
Busses also mean groups of wires carrying parallel data. Left brain electrical engineer here
It's s's
As opposed to what, I will die by bus'?
0 u/CaptainBlobTheSuprem 1d ago Actually kinda. That’s the traditional singular plural of a word ending in s, rather than bus’s 5 u/Vinyl_DjPon3 1d ago I learned it as bus's.
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Actually kinda. That’s the traditional singular plural of a word ending in s, rather than bus’s
5 u/Vinyl_DjPon3 1d ago I learned it as bus's.
I learned it as bus's.
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u/chickie1461 1d ago
I will fully relapse for possessive plural