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Rule "wrong genitive (e.g., 'employees's' instead of 'employee's')"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: wrong genitive (e.g., 'employees's' instead of 'employee's')
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>\1's</suggestion> or <suggestion>\1'</suggestion>?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/possessive-apostrophe/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This was the employees's decision.
    Correction suggestion: employee's, employees'
  • Within national marine sanctuaries's protected waters, giant humpback whales breed.
    Correction suggestion: sanctuary's, sanctuaries'
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The actress's role was pretty small.
  • Mr. Lewis's dog bit me yesterday.
  • People's Republic of China
ID: WRONG_GENITIVE_APOSTROPHE [1]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-31 22:33:08 +0100)