Is it "what's your cat's name" or "what's your cats name"

Posted Sep 11, 2021, 11:34 PM UTC

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What's your cat's name?

The first apostrophe is for omission of letters and represents: "What is"

The second apostrophe in "cat's" shows possession. Whose name? Your cat's name.

Thanks I thought that was right. Although, I didn't change anything in "what's". I knew that one to be correct. But is the period 2 sentences ago correct or would it be inside the quotes

RunWithTheShadows•5 yr. ago

In American English, punctuation normally goes inside the quotes. Example:

Someone said that was "odd."

"Yep," he said.

"What's that?" I asked.

Sometimes you will have punctuation outside of the quotes if the punctuation applies to everything in the sentence.

Your teacher told you to be "more respectful"?

Can you see the difference between "this" and "that"?

There are also some punctuation that go outside of quotes, like semicolons and colons.

He said we did "amazing work"; I thought it was pretty poor myself.

I made a list I call "Success in Anything": work hard, show up on time, and ask questions.

Hope that helps.