Question

Which sentence correctly uses the possessive form?

A. I was anxious to visit Nicole and Sofia's house because I rarely saw my cousins.
B. I was anxious to visit Nicole's and Sofia's house because I rarely saw my cousins.
C. I was anxious to visit Nicole and Sofias house because I rarely saw my cousins.
D. I was anxious to visit Nicole and Sofia's house because I rarely saw my cousin's.

Answer 1

Sentence A correctly uses the possessive form. I was anxious to visit Nicole and Sofia's house because I rarely saw my cousins.

The Chicago Manual of Style says that “when two nouns “possess” the same entity, only the second takes an apostrophe (‘)” which is exactly the case in sentence A. Both Nicole and Sofia own the same house.