Tuesdays or Tuesday’s? (Helpful Examples)

You can write “Tuesdays” when referring to multiple days or “Tuesday’s” when “Tuesday” owns something. There’s a key difference that you need to understand. This article will explore how plural and possessive forms differ when using days of the week.

Tuesdays or Tuesday’s?

You can use “Tuesdays” when referring to multiple instances of “Tuesday.” It’s the plural form (i.e. “I like Tuesdays”). You can use “Tuesday’s” as the singular possessive form, showing that “Tuesday” owns an object. For example, “Tuesday’s news” demonstrates this.

Tuesdays or Tuesday's

Give this table a quick look to find out the main forms:

Singular Tuesday
Plural Tuesdays
Singular possessive Tuesday’s
Plural possessive Tuesdays’

Proper nouns like “Tuesday” often follow standard pluralization rules. You can add an “s” to the end of the singular form to create the plural form. This allows “Tuesday” to become “Tuesdays” when referring to more than one day of the same name.

To create the singular possessive form, you simply start with the singular form. From there, you can add an “‘s” to the end of “Tuesday” to show that you intend for “Tuesday” to own an item or object. Generally, the object comes directly after “Tuesday’s.”

While uncommon, the plural possessive form takes the plural form and adds an apostrophe to the end. You do not need to include the extra “s” as “s” is already present in the plural form “Tuesdays.”

Tuesdays

“Tuesdays” is the plural form of “Tuesday.” It works when referring to multiple instances of the same day. You cannot show possession or ownership in this form because there is no apostrophe to attribute “Tuesday” to a specific object.

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

  • I don’t know how many Tuesdays you’re planning on working, but I’m here to help you out.
  • Tuesdays are never fun for me. I don’t know why, but I really struggle to keep myself motivated.
  • I like Tuesdays more than most days. There’s something about them that makes me smile.
  • I thought I told you why I don’t like Tuesdays. They’re easily the worst day of the week.
  • It’s not always about Tuesdays. Maybe you’ll have more fun if you start looking at other days.

You can use standard plural rules with words like “Tuesday.” Adding an “s” to the end of the proper noun is a simple way to show that you are referring to multiple things with the same name.

If you’re not sure what we mean by this, you can refer to the following examples to show you another way that proper nouns can be pluralized:

  • Sarah
  • Many Sarahs
  • Peter
  • All the Peters

Tuesday’s

“Tuesday’s” is the singular possessive form. It means that “Tuesday” can own an object in your writing. It’s most common for the object to come directly after “Tuesday’s” to show where the ownership lies in your sentence.

Here are some examples to show you how to use “Tuesday’s” in a sentence:

  • We’re going to have to cancel Tuesday’s meeting. I’m really sorry, but it’s not going to work for us.
  • Tuesday’s schedule has been changed without us informing the boss. Do you think he’ll care?
  • I told you that Tuesday’s night staff weren’t having fun. We need to do something to give them a chance.
  • Tuesday’s morning briefing always consists of the same thing. It’s such a waste of time for all of us.
  • I thought that Tuesday’s mentor sessions were a bit bizarre. Now, I realize that he needs them more than I do.

You can always add an apostrophe and an “s” to the end of a singular noun to create the singular possessive form. This is common across most regular nouns in English.

“Tuesday’s” is also a common contraction of “Tuesday is.” You will often hear this in spoken English when native speakers like to relax on their pronunciation of each individual word:

  • Tuesday’s as good a day as any. I’m in.
  • Tuesday’s not going to work out for me. I’m sorry.
  • I told you that Tuesday’s the best day of the week.

Tuesdays’

“Tuesdays'” is the plural possessive form. It takes the plural form (Tuesdays) and adds an apostrophe to the end to show that multiple “Tuesdays” own an object or group of objects. It’s a rare construct, but it’s grammatically correct.

You can use the plural possessive form of a day in the week without issue. However, it’s not very common for native speakers to do this because it looks quite jarring in most situations.

These examples will give you an idea of how to use “Tuesdays'” in a sentence:

  • Those Tuesdays’ meetings have never been the same. We need you back to talk us through them.
  • What about all of those Tuesdays’ message boards that they didn’t want to deliver to us?
  • I’m not going there for those Tuesdays’ evening events anymore. There seems to be one every week.

It’s uncommon to see the plural possessive form of “Tuesday” because it’s easier to streamline your sentence like this:

  • Many of those Tuesdays’ hearings have been canceled.
  • Tuesday hearings have been canceled.

Here, the singular form “Tuesday” can be grouped with a plural object to show the same thing. That’s why the plural possessive form is rare for days of the week.

Tip to Remember the Difference

This tip should help you to figure out the differences between the forms.

You have to add an “‘s” to the end of “Tuesday” when you want to create the singular possessive form. The apostrophe and “s” are added to the singular form.

You can take the plural form (“Tuesdays”) and add an apostrophe to the end for the plural possessive form. There’s already an “s” at the end of the plural form. You don’t need another one after the apostrophe.

Final Thoughts

“Tuesday” becomes “Tuesday’s” in the singular possessive form. This works when you want to attribute a specific object to “Tuesday.” “Tuesdays” is the plural form, and it becomes “Tuesdays'” when you want to use it as the plural form (though this is an uncommon idea).