Question

What is the plural possessive form of “deer”?

Answer 1

Hint: Most singular nouns are converted into possessive ones by the use of an apostrophe and an 's' at their end: Varonika had a pet. Plural possessives demonstrate that something is owned by more than one noun. Therefore, the sentence becomes : Varonika had two pets.

Complete answer:
There are three uses for apostrophe ('): contractions(for instance - let’s, shouldn’t, he’s), plural (AN apostrophe is rarely used to form a plural noun) and possessives (Here, the singular noun is formed by adding an apostrophe and s, whether the singular ends in s or not).

The spelling of deer is the same for both singular and plural.
For instance:
She saw a deer in the garden that morning.
She saw two deer in the garden that morning.
Here, the possessive form of the noun deer is deer's (in both singular and plural);
For instance:
She saw a deer's footprints in the garden this morning.
She saw a few deer's footprints in the garden this morning.

Hence, “deer’s” is grammatically correct for both the singular and plural.

Note:
- Possessive nouns are different from possessive pronouns.
- Possessive pronouns indicate somebody's something.
- My, our, your, she, her and her are the possessive pronouns. Any of these pronouns have an 'independent' form: mine, ours, yours, his, his, his, his and theirs.
- It is important to note that: Possessive pronouns are never spelled with apostrophes.