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Is there an apostrophe in witche's cloak?

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Shitemum · 28/10/2009 21:13

A cloak belonging to a witch - is it 'witches cloak' or 'witch's cloak' or ...what?

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LilyBolero · 28/10/2009 21:15

witch's cloak
unless there are lots of witches, in which case, if there was one cloak belong to them collectively it would be witches' cloak, or if they each had one, witches' cloaks.

HTH

lindsaygii · 28/10/2009 21:15

which cloak are you talking about?

Shitemum · 28/10/2009 21:19

I put witch's cloak, it just looked a bit odd, like there was an 'e' missing...
Thanks!

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hormonstersnomore · 28/10/2009 21:19

And which witches?

DadInsteadofMum · 29/10/2009 10:32

When writing "which witch's cloak" is there any difference in how you should write it in order that you can distinguish whether you are asking which witch or which cloak?

lindsaygii · 29/10/2009 20:08

what what?

ProfessorLaytonIsMyZombieSlave · 29/10/2009 20:14

I suppose you could write "which (witch's) cloak?" to make it clear that you were asking which cloak, and that the cloaks in which you were interested belonged to a witch. But it's a bit clunky.

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