Question

"Scott's also going to buy some tickets."

Is this grammatically incorrect? This is often how we speak, so I'm assuming it would be fine used in dialogue, but would it be considered incorrect otherwise? The apostrophe is used correctly to contract two words. If "Scott" is the subject, how is that really any different that saying "he's"? Anyway, if someone could clarify this finer point of apostrophe use, I would appreciate it. Thanks

Answer 1

That sentence is grammatically correct.

Answer 2

Based on what source?

Answer 3

It is not grammatically correct. Scott's is showing ownership.
Scott "is" also going to buy some tickets.
He's would not be correct either.
It would have to be "he is"
Unless your using the apostrophe in "it's" then the apostrophe is showing ownership, but when it is used as "it's" it is a contraction for "it is" or "it has" otherwise the apostrophe is possessive.

Answer 4

Based on what source? This is what I thought as well, but why couldn't the apostrophe in Scott's be a contraction? I haven't been able to find a source that definitively clarifies this one way or another. There are so many exceptions to grammar rules, and I haven't been able to find anything that says this is incorrect. Do you have a source?

Answer 5

because that is just the rule of English. The apostrophe at the end of a person's name before the "s" is ownership. I will look but I haven't found anything but I know that that would be Scott's as in ownership not as in Scott is.

Answer 6

I haven't found anything specific but I found this website, look at rule number 2
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

Answer 7

Every site I have found on it just calls it "being possessive" or "showing possession"

Answer 8

If you type it into a word document, it shows it as being correct. Also, if you use this site - http://www.grammarbase.com/check/ - it also shows it as being correct.

Answer 9

But it is not grammatically correct. You lean this in 6th grade I believe.

Answer 10

Based on the explanation of Rule #1at http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp, this would be correct, since two words have been contracted and the missing letters are replaced by the apostrophe. Also, you said that He's would not be correct, but according to Rule #1 on the website you provided, that is correct.

Answer 11

Check out the note found under #3 at this website http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000136.htm