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Possessive form of the noum porcupines

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The possessive form for porcupines would be porcupine's. Since a possessive noun is a noun that shows ownership, there should always be an apostrophe s ('s) in any words such as porcupine. 
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It depends on whether you want the possessive form of porcupine (singular) or porcupines (plural) because there is a difference.
1. singular porcupine: just add an apostrophe followed by -s: porcupine's
2. plural porcupines: just add an apostrophe (not followed by -s): porcupines'
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