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Christine
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I was typoing away and all of a sudden I questioned the correctness of something...

"Helen and Kathy's reactions."

or

"Helen's and Kathy's reaction."

The reactions belong to both Helen and Kathy.


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Tracy
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Second one.
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From Harbrace College Handbook:
quote:
To indicate individual ownership, add the apostrohe and s to each name.
Al's and Sue's cars [note that cars is plural]

To indicate joint ownership, add the apostrophe and s only to the last name or to each name.
Al and Sue's car OR Al's and Sue's car




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Christine
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Thanks, simple enough. Like I said in the title, just a brain lapse.
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quote:
I was typoing away


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Christine
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Indeed, I was.
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