AC9E5LA09

Language for expressing and developing ideas

use commas to indicate prepositional phrases, and apostrophes where there is multiple possession

Elaborations

AC9E5LA09_E1learning that in Standard Australian English, regular plural nouns ending in “s” form the possessive by adding just the apostrophe; for example, “the students' classroom”
AC9E5LA09_E2learning that in Standard Australian English for proper nouns, the regular possessive form is always possible but a variant form without the second “s” is sometimes found; for example, “James’s house” or “James’ house”
AC9E5LA09_E3learning that when there is more than one owner, the apostrophe is usually used for the last owner in the list; for example, “the cat and kitten’s bowls”
AC9E5LA09_E4using commas to signal a prepositional phrase; for example, “On Saturday, before it rained we went to the beach.”