Do I need an apostrophe?

[Overseasmom100]

sentence is...

..they are an organised childrens activity so they

Talking about children as in many so should it be childrens' organised

Children’s

children’s

The activity belongs to the children and children is already a plural so the apostrophe goes before the s.

100% children’s.

Children's

As above, but I can't think of any sentence in which that combination of words would be used? "They" can't be an activity.

A very good point, @anuffername

Surely it would be:

It is an organised childrens activity so it...

Or

they are part of an organised childrens activity so they...

'It is an organised....

Makes a lot more sense

Or if the ‘they’ is important ‘they offer organised children’s activities’ but if it is a company or a firm etc it would be ‘it offers organised children’s activities‘.
More likely to be ‘it’ - ie a singular thing making the offering.

Look at us taking all the fun and joy out of kids play !!!

Kids’ play. SORRY

Correct grammar is always fun @HeronLanyon!

The apostrophe replaces a long lost 'e' sound as in, "The dog(e)s balls." becomes "The dog's balls.' meaning the one dog has more than one ball. Or, "The dogs' balls." meaning that many dogs have many balls.

Children is already a plural so Childrens' is never correct.

HTH

‘Sean and Maddy Childrens were handed an envelope at the hotel lobby. Written on it was ‘The Childrens’ tickets for tomorrow’s excursion’.

I am so so sorry tara because of course you are right - I felt the urge to try my best to be an asshole and come up with some nonsense

Their name should actually be Children for that to work.

The children's joint party was cancelled by Borris Johnson.

The children's bedroom was a mess.

The tickets for Sean and Maddy's children tomorrow.
Sean and Maddy's children's tickets for tomorrow.
Maddy and Sean's children's tickets...

If in doubt leave it out.

The tickets for Shaunette and Matty Jones are ready for tomorrow.

@BeingATwatItsABingThing

Correct grammar is always fun *@HeronLanyon*!

^ This

Children's.

Childrens' with an apostrohe after the S doesn't exist. That only happens with words whose plurals end in S (which child/children obviously doesn't).

Mr & Mrs Children have spent a lifetime dealing with them Childrens’ bills, cars, houses etc. So they would certainly disagree !
They put their foot down When it came to their own children though, and asked everyone to refer to them as ‘theChildren children’ rather than they Childrens’ children’. Less bother all round.

Them and they both should be the. God this is tough ! Praying there is a surname Children so my madness may have some actual point.

I met a Mr Argument and a child called Child but not a Mr, Miss, Missus, Master Children.

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tararabumdeay in that case my efforts were in vain.
You were of course right.
Childrens’ is never right (except in my fictional novella with fictional characters off to their excursion at the apostrophe factory)

beingatwat it is indeed !!

I want to read a novella set in an apotrophe factory.
The Childrens' family are the protagonists and the Child's the poor workers.

Well the Childrens’ (Sean and maddy obvs) clearly visited the factory shop on their way out during a previous excursion !

By the way this apostrophe factory clearly has major supply problems.

Sometime’s the market I’s awash and people desperately try to u’se them up even where they aren’t’ suitable. Often in shop’s. Almost always greengrocer’s laundering apostrophe’s. Need’s must, I gues’s. What day’s we live in.

Sometimes Ive seen its a case of low stocks - theyve just run out and people cant find them even when essential.

Might ‘stock up f’or Hard Brex’it.