Fridays or Friday’s? (Helpful Examples)

Before using them in your writing, you should know a few things about plural and possessive forms. This article will explore the differences between “Friday’s” and “Fridays” to help you understand when to use which form.

Fridays or Friday’s?

“Fridays” is the plural form. You should use it when referring to multiple “Fridays.” For example, you could say, “I love Fridays.” “Friday’s” is the singular possessive form. It only works when “Friday” owns an object or group of objects. For example, “Friday’s schedule” works here.

Here’s a quick rundown of the forms you might need to remember:

Singular	Friday
Plural	Fridays
Singular possessive	Friday’s
Plural possessive	Fridays’

When using proper nouns like “Friday,” it’s easy to remember the rules associated with the possessive and plural forms. Most of the time, you add an “s” to the end of a proper noun to show that it is the plural form.

These rules are prevalent in English. Most nouns have an “s” added to the end when creating the plural form. Thus, “Friday” becomes “Fridays.”

For the singular possessive form, you need to add an apostrophe and “s” to the end of the singular form. This creates “Friday’s,” allowing you to show ownership of one instance of Friday.

The plural possessive form does not need the “s” at the end. You only need the apostrophe after the plural form, meaning that “Fridays'” is acceptable as the plural possessive form.

Fridays

“Fridays” is the plural form of “Friday.” You should use it when referring to multiple Fridays at once. You cannot use this form if Friday owns an object. For example, saying “Fridays meeting” without an apostrophe is incorrect because it is not the possessive form.

These examples will demonstrate how to use “Fridays” in a sentence:

• How many Fridays do you think you’ll be able to do going forward? I need to know now.
• I want to do more Fridays, but I’m not sure if I can commit to the hours you are offering yet.
• I thought Fridays were a no-go. Why are you trying to push me into doing them now?
• What’s up with your Fridays? I feel like you always have so much more to do than most people I know.
• Fridays are never good for me. I always find myself at my lowest point every time that day comes up.

Standard plural rules apply to proper nouns like “Friday.” You simply need to add an “s” to the end of it to show that you are talking about multiple instances.

To help you understand the standard rules, you can see the same effect occur in people’s names:

• Darren
• Three Darrens

• Tara
• Many Taras

Friday’s

“Friday’s” is the singular possessive form. This works when you are showing that “Friday” owns an object in the sentence. It does not have to own the object physically. It simply shows that a noun is modified and owned by “Friday” (i.e. “Friday’s attire”).

Check out these examples to see how to use “Friday’s” in a sentence:

• Friday’s meeting was a bit difficult to get through. I think you tried too hard to impress the people above you.
• I’m not going to Friday’s event anymore. I had a bit of a falling out with the guy who’s running it.
• Whatever happened to Friday’s game night? I thought we were having a lot of fun playing those games.
• Friday’s schedule is a mess. Nobody is working until eleven, which means the morning will be dead.
• I’m not sure about Friday’s vibe. It wasn’t what I wanted to hear about when I came in the other week.

It’s fairly easy to remember the singular possessive form. You simply add an “‘s” to the end of the singular form to show that one “Friday” owns an object.

You may also find that “Friday’s” is a contraction of “Friday is.” This is only prevalent in spoken English, but it looks like this:

• Friday’s always so much fun.
• I think Friday’s the best day to do this if that works.
• Friday’s not going to be easy to get this work completed.

Fridays’

“Fridays'” is the plural possessive form of “Friday.” You should only use it when multiple “Fridays” own the same object or group of objects in a sentence. This very rarely happens, and there are better alternatives, so the plural possessive form is often dropped.

Grammatically speaking, there is nothing wrong with writing “Fridays’.” It follows all the expected rules, but you will not find many people using it when the singular form works better in most cases.

Here are a few examples to show you how to use “Fridays'” in a sentence:

• Many of those Fridays’ papers have been rejected. Did you have anything to do with that?
• Those Fridays’ documents have to be reprinted. Somebody messed up most of the faxes.
• Aren’t all of those Fridays’ blog posts false? I thought someone was joking around for a while.

The reason “Fridays'” is so uncommon is that it makes more conceptual sense to use the singular form like this:

• Many of those Fridays’ files have been removed.
• The Friday files have been removed.

You can use the singular form of “Friday” here even when you’re referring to multiple Fridays. This is a trait that only applies when using days of the week.

Tip to Remember the Difference

Here’s a quick tip that should help you to remember the difference between the two forms.

If you add an apostrophe to the end of the singular form, you can create the singular possessive form. You must also add an “s” to show ownership, meaning that “Friday” becomes “Friday’s.”

When using the plural form, you do not need the extra “s” at the end of the word. “Fridays” becomes “Fridays'” when in the plural possessive form.

Final Thoughts

You can use “Fridays” as the plural form of “Friday.” If need be, you may also add an “‘s” to the end of the singular form to create “Friday’s,” the singular possessive form. The plural possessive form is “Fridays’,” though it’s not a particularly common construct.