Tasnif Style Guide — Page 81
CHAPTER 6: PUNCTUATION 81 Apostrophe Possession The apostrophes or's is used for the genitive case of a noun or pro- noun to show possession. Take the following examples of singular nouns and pronouns: ■ the books of the Promised Messiah as " the index's contents ■ " someone's prayer the Promised Messiah's books (Note that the salutation 'as' is not placed in the genitive constructing employing the apostrophe s. This interrupts the reading flow and can be distracting. The salutation will appear in the above posses- sive construction using ‘of'. ) ■ woman's shoe ■ one's ability The apostrophes is also applied to plural nouns that do not end in the letters: " ■ men's sports people's votes