- S | Letter, History, Etymology, Pronunciation | Britannica
s, nineteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet It corresponds to the Semitic sin “tooth ” The Greek treatment of the sibilants that occur in the Semitic alphabet is somewhat complicated The Semitic samech appears in Greek as Ξ (xi) with the value in early times of ss , later and more generally of x or ks
- S - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From the Etruscan letter 𐌔 (s, “es”), from the Ancient Greek letter Σ (S, “sigma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤔 (š, “šin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌒 S (lower case s) The nineteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet (chemistry) Chemical symbol for sulfur (metrology) siemens, a measure of electrical conductance
- S Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
an ending used in writing to represent the possessive morpheme after most singular nouns, some plural nouns, especially those not ending in a letter or combination of letters representing an s or z sound, noun phrases, and noun substitutes, as in man's, women's, baby's, James's, witness's, (orwitness' ), king of England's, or anyone's
- S Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of 'S is is How to use 's in a sentence
- Possessive s and s | Learn and Practise Grammar
We use possessive 's to say that something or someone belongs to a person, is connected to a place, or to show the relationship between people The possessive 's always comes after a noun When something belongs to more than one person and we give a list of names, we put 's on the last name With regular plural nouns we use ' not 's
- When to Use Apostrophe S (s) | Guide Examples - Scribbr
An apostrophe followed by an “s” is used in English to create possessive nouns For example, the noun dog becomes dog’s when you refer to something belonging to the dog, such as “the dog’s ball ” With plural nouns ending in “s,” you add the apostrophe after “s” and do not add an additional “s ”
- Apostrophe After S - Rules and Examples - GRAMMARIST
We use it after an S (s’) for plural nouns that show possession or singular nouns ending in S You can also use it after the letter S as a possessive apostrophe for names or proper nouns ending in S Here are some examples of apostrophes after S The windows’ protective covering (plural noun)
- Appendix:Variations of s - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
The word and letter “ s ” is subject to a wide range of variations through the addition of diacritics, ligatures, capitalization, punctuation, and use in different scripts These include: s Other representations of S: с (They were used as tone marks ) ſ — long s, medial s, or descending s
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