Quote by William Strunk

“Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write: Charles's friend, Burns's poems, the witch's…

— Strunk Jr., William

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

“p’s and q’s.”

— Jacqueline Wilson

“Possession, belonging, repetition.”

— Ian McEwan

“Possession is tricky. It brings up issues of jealousy, codependence, self-esteem, and incorrect apostrophe placement.”

— Jenny Baranick

“I am James's but he is not mine.”

— Kiersten White

“In the meantime, he was dotting the ‘I’s and crossing the ‘T’s, waiting for the S and the H to show up.”

— Caimh McDonnell

“you r mother’s”

— E.M. Knight

“We’re surrounded by typos.”

— Jeff Deck

Possessiveness destroys love. And they should not be possessed, because that again destroys your love.

— Rajneesh

“He used to say, ‘What’s hers is hers and what’s mine is hers.”

— Daniel Schinhofen

“Take the oft-repeated injunction to get “its” and “it’s” straight. Everyone claims it’s remarkably easy to remember that “its” is possessive and “it’s” is…

— Kory Stamper