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Rule "two tank's (tanks)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: two tank's (tanks)
Message: The possessive apostrophe seems to be incorrect. Please remove the apostrophe if you want to use the plural form of '\3'.
Category: Typography (ID: TYPOGRAPHY)
Link: https://onlinewritingtraining.com.au/apostrophe-usage-use/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Many modern API's are based on JSON.
    Correction suggestion: APIs
  • The idea is for our dashboard to show some key KPI’s.
    Correction suggestion: KPIs
  • But we have many customer’s in Dallas region.
    Correction suggestion: customers
  • I had the engine replaced a few month’s ago.
    Correction suggestion: months
  • I know several other’s that have also had problems.
    Correction suggestion: others
  • ... and numerous one's the man saw are defective.
    Correction suggestion: ones
  • Several girl's that the man saw were laughing.
    Correction suggestion: girls
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • That's all Jamal's fault.
  • It's all Tom's.
  • I've got two kids. One of them is a boy, and the other one's a boy, too.
  • You can't get this at any bookseller's.
  • Are these Tom's and Mary's bags?
  • Are these Tom's?
  • Are these all Tom's?
  • Salvador, All Saint's Bay, Brazil.
ID: SPURIOUS_APOSTROPHE [3]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-03 22:33:08 +0100)