Which of these uses of the apostrophe are correct?

...beautiful day..., ...James's..., What's an...

It's funny, I was just talking about this elsewhere (specifically, the case where you end up with "s's", in our case it was "Bill Gates's" which sounds awkward but is correct, as is James's).

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
I need to find James's hat.
What's an apostrophe?

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
I need to find James's hat.
What's an apostrophe?

In the James's hat one, it would be correct with or without the second s.

I'm hoping to get a few right here...

What's the answers?
These are the one's I checked. *note the use of my apostrophies.*

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
What's an apostrophe?
I need to find James's hat.
I loved the 1960's.

...It's a beautiful day (it's = it is)...friend of yours' (in this case, speaking to more than one person)...What's (= what is)....Those are correct. The "it's" in the second sentence should be "its". DVD's and 1960's are fairly obvious (the apostrophe is not needed). And James's shouldn't have the extra "s".

I just loved the 1960's

The Top 5?, I am pretty sure the "Is she ..." one is wrong

Don't forget that plural possessive rule.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood is the only one I think I know is right. The one with James's I am torn on because I just saw this in a book I am reading and thought it was wrong. I thought it was supposed to be James'. My grammar is atrocious these days. So is my spelling.

Dammit! I didn't include What's an because I just thought it was an option. This was a trick survey!

> It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood
> is the only one I think I know is right.
> The one with James's I am torn on because
> I just saw this in a book I am reading and
> thought it was wrong. I thought it was supposed
> to be James'. My grammar is atrocious these
> days. So is my spelling.

You are correct that it should be James' and not the odd American version with adding the extra s.

Yeah, I thought some one had made a major typo in the book!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
I want to find my DVD's.
I loved the 1960's.
What's an apostrophe?

I'm not sure about James's - I've seen it written both James' and James's before - I think James' is usually seen as correct, but I think the alternate version is accepted also.

I'm also not sure about James's. My personal belief is that James' is correct and James's is not correct, but I'm really not sure that I'm right about that one. Other than that, "It's a beautiful ..." and "What's an ... " are the only correct ones.

I use apostrophes to indicate plurals often... "DVD's"... when I shouldn't.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
I need to find James's hat. - Both James' and James's are accepted, although I prefer the former one.
I loved the 1960's.

And - What's an apostrophe?

Cool survey! "It's a beautiful day" is correct, and "What's an apostrophe?" I'm not sure about the 1960's one, but I don't think it's right. The others are not correct.

All but the one from last?

Just call me Shakespeare

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
What's an apostrophe?
I need to find James's hat.

What's an apostrophe?
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.