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He believes that our faculties of moral evaluation are always directed toward the motivations and well-being of particular individuals in particular situations, not to goods that might be possessed jointly by groups of human beings, and he rejects the idea that our assessments or decisions should aim at the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people (TMS 237).
There is, they reluctantly concede, little merit in staying grumpily together for the sake of the children, or indeed for the sake of anything else that the family may once have jointly possessed and treasured.
The major style guides contain only limited discussion on what they call "joint possessives" or "shared possessives". According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the Associated Press Stylebook, Words Into Type and Garner's Modern American Usage, when two or more people possess something jointly , only the last one gets a possessive marker — that is, an apostrophe and an "s". John and Mary's house.
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the Associated Press Stylebook, Words Into Type and Garner's Modern American Usage, when two or more people possess something jointly , only the last one gets a possessive marker — that is, an apostrophe and an "S". John and Mary's house.
And if those execs jointly possess something, then it would be CEOs', as in "the targeted CEOs' lushly appointed offices were raided by SEC investigators at roughly the same time".
If an individual CEO possesses something -- and you can bet the farm he does -- it's "CEO's," as in "the CEO's $125 million dollar yacht, paid for by company shareholders". And if those execs jointly possess something, then it would be CEOs', as in "the targeted CEOs' lushly appointed offices were raided by SEC investigators at roughly the same time". Okay students, class dismissed.
Because spouses typically possess assets and income jointly and bear financial responsibility for each other, Medicaid eligibility determinations for married applicants have resisted simple solutions.
Both vessels must be issued the mackerel permit appropriate for the amount of mackerel jointly possessed by both of the vessels participating in the pair trawl operation.
He also said, in an ambiguous statement that, given his background, seemed to be half an olive branch, "We believe that the leaders on both sides possess enough wisdom and creativity to jointly deal with the question of a future 'one China.' " Beijing, in an unusually quick response, predictably called Mr. Chen "insincere" on the central issue of unity.
The compounds with the general formula Na0.5R0.5MoO4 (where R = La3+, Gd3+) possess the tetragonal scheelite structure in which Na+ and R3+ jointly occupied the dodecahedral positions and the Mo6+ ions are at the centers of the tetrahedral symmetry [13].
Quantitative findings also show that competitive individual job seekers who possess both certifiable and non-certifiable qualifications are more likely to jointly use formal and informal job search methods.
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The phrase "possess jointly" functions as a verb phrase indicating that two or more entities share ownership or control of something. Although Ludwig examples are somewhat scarce, the phrase is grammatically correct and conveys a specific meaning of shared possession.
Expression frequency: Rare
