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Rule "two tank's (tanks)"

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Description: two tank's (tanks)
Message: An apostrophe 's' denotes possession. To use the plural form of the noun, remove the apostrophe.
Category: Typography (ID: TYPOGRAPHY)
Link: https://onlinewritingtraining.com.au/apostrophe-usage-use/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He has two tank's
    Correction suggestion: tanks
  • He drank four glass's of wine.
    Correction suggestion: glasses
  • It consist of two macro’s actually.
    Correction suggestion: macros
  • This daemon utilizes two API’s.
    Correction suggestion: APIs
  • Sami got two CD's for six dollars.
    Correction suggestion: CDs
  • Currently I have about 600 unique ID’s, and between them about 3,000 aliases.
    Correction suggestion: IDs, Ids
  • There’s a big difference between someone with 1 ex who hates them, compared to 50 ex’s who hate them.
    Correction suggestion: exes, ices
  • If you can add 2 smart outlet’s and normal USBs would be better.
    Correction suggestion: outlets
  • If you have 100 stores, would they not have 100 different URL’s that you would be checking with Synthetics?
    Correction suggestion: URLs
  • Would they not control 100 different URL’s that you want to evaluate?
    Correction suggestion: URLs
  • More than 50 business organizations and 120 CEO's signed on to help make this campaign a success.
    Correction suggestion: CEOs
  • I’ve also had seven tech’s and mechanics look at it and not find the battery drain.
    Correction suggestion: techs
  • Disagree on walmart not being far away where my daughter lived in Nevada it was 3 hour’s to a walmart.
    Correction suggestion: hours
  • ... rather than splitting the purchases between all three manufacturer's.
    Correction suggestion: manufacturers
  • The 3 SME's that have already committed to being on film need to be keep in the lope regarding the timeline.
    Correction suggestion: SMEs
  • The song I got from is where a full house (three jack’s and a pair of nine’s) goes up against a royal flush and the singer loses it all.
    Correction suggestion: jacks
  • I have 5 CD's.
    Correction suggestion: CDs
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • 1933 World's Fair
  • He is puzzled as to why three women's names were there.
  • A total of 387 schools, 7 teacher's houses, and several vocational buildings had been built.
  • With regards to Section 9.9 Seller's Representative.
  • Dragon 32 programmer's reference guide.
  • Intel 80286 and 80287 Programmer's Reference Manual at bitsavers.org.
  • The 2015 movie's final scene flashed in Jacob O'Connor's mind.
  • It’s got a 3.2 out of 5 on Amazon, a 6 out of 10 from Digital Trends, and a 2.8 out of 5 on Samsung’s own website.
  • Jones noted that Exelon's market capitalization of $21.3 billion tops Dynegy's $15.9 billion.
  • Closes above last Friday's high crossing at 168 would renew this spring's rally making the 62% retracement level of this winter's decline crossing at 169.40 July's next target.
  • Bill has coached five U.S. National Team members, nine U.S. National Champions, and two Master's World champions.
  • Called the "HY-KERS Concept", Ferrari's hybrid system adds more than 100 horsepower on top of the 599 Fiorano's 612 HP.
  • Dre produced three songs and provided vocals for two on Eminem's successful and controversial debut album The Slim Shady LP, released in 1999.
  • Iowa State University is organized into eight colleges and two schools that offer 100 Bachelor's degree programs, 112 Masters programs, and 83 Ph.
  • It was also a crossover smash, reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and No. 2 on Billboard's Country survey.
  • During the two months that the Piece of Me Tour was performed, it ranked at 86 and 30 on Pollstar's 2018 Year-End Top 100 Tours chart both in North America and worldwide, respectively.
  • The media marvelled at a man named Bo #16 ranked Auburn's Heisman bro.
  • After another delay based on producing other artists' work, Detox was then scheduled for a 2010 release, coming after 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct and Eminem's Relapse.
  • I believe there’s an issue with this specific subnet, it’d be lovely if any let’s encrypt engineer could look into it.
  • The majority of Cardiff's shopping portfolio.
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ID: SPURIOUS_APOSTROPHE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-16 16:45:21 +0000)