Grammar

Rules for Possessives

In summary: 1) one lowercase or capital letter = 's (for clarity sake, like straight A's) 2) plural acronyms and letter abbreviations = no apostrophe (SATs, CDs) 3) plural numbers = no apostrophe 4) single possessive words that end in "s" (James,etc.) = either 's or s' (your choice, just be consistent) 5) plural possessive words that end in "s" = add an apostrophe after the s (books' bindings) 6) plural possessive words that don't end in an "s" = add an 's (children's toys)

Please rewrite the following using the rules for possessives:

the smile of Carlos the government of Kansas the happiness of children the worries of Claudius the beaks of the geese the fashion of the 1980s

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