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The Santa's at the malls give children cheap toys as gifts, and elves take photos of the children who sit on the Santa's laps.
The Santae at the mall gave the children cheap toys as gifts, and elves took photos of the children who sat on the Santae's laps.
The Santas at different malls gave the kids cheap toys as gifts, and the elves took photos of the kids who sat on the Santa´s lap.
This was a bit of a tricky one. You have to watch your apostrophe use.Santa becomes SantasAnd because you've added an 's' to pluralize the noun, the possessive doesn't need another 's'.So Santa's lap becomes Santas' laps.Here is a link to help:http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tips/english-grammar-rules-for-possessive-plurals.html
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The Santa's at the malls give children cheap toys as gifts, and elves take photos of the children who sit on the Santa's laps.
The Santae at the mall gave the children cheap toys as gifts, and elves took photos of the children who sat on the Santae's laps.
The Santas at different malls gave the kids cheap toys as gifts, and the elves took photos of the kids who sat on the Santa´s lap.
This was a bit of a tricky one. You have to watch your apostrophe use.
Santa becomes Santas
And because you've added an 's' to pluralize the noun, the possessive doesn't need another 's'.
So Santa's lap becomes Santas' laps.
Here is a link to help:
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tips/english-grammar-rules-for-possessive-plurals.html
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