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Sheep's tail" plural or singular possessive noun?

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User Archish
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I believe that sheep is both singular and plural (same word). So the singular possessive would be "sheep's" and the plural possessive would be the same.


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“Sheep’s tail” is a singular possessive noun because the apostrophe signals that the sheep is in possession of its own tail.

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