Sundays or Sunday’s?

The term Sunday’s is the singular possessive version of Sunday. E.g., “Sunday’s match starts at 3 pm.” In addition, the plural possessive form of Sunday is Sundays’. E.g., “Sundays’ evening walks with my dog are very relaxing.” Also, Sundays is the standard plural form of Sunday.

The following chart offers an overview of the different forms of Sunday. As you will notice, the plural of Sunday is formed by simply adding an “s” to the end of Sunday.

SingularSunday
PluralSundays
Singular possessiveSunday’s
Plural possessiveSundays’

Furthermore, you make the singular possessive by adding an apostrophe between the “y” and the “s.” Additionally, you make the plural possessive by adding an apostrophe to the end of the plural form, Sundays.

The following examples show how you can use the different forms of the word Sunday in your writing.

  • Singular: She always wears her Sunday best to church.
  • Plural: The shop is closed on Sundays.
  • Singular possessive: Sunday’s event in the local church hall starts at 11 am.
  • Plural possessive: Sundays’ bike rides with my son are the best part of my week.

As you can see, for the non-possessive versions of days of the week, you usually use the word on before the word Sunday to refer to those days.

Now you know the basics about using different forms of Sunday. However, you should keep reading to learn more about using the various forms of Sunday correctly so you can avoid making mistakes in the future.

Sunday’s

The term Sunday’s is the singular possessive form of Sunday. Therefore, you use it to refer to things that belong to a Sunday.

Obviously, a day of the week cannot own something in a literal sense. Therefore, the context you are most likely to use the possessive form of Sunday is when you mention events that occur on a Sunday.

  • Sunday’s conference at the book fair was well worth the admission price.

Alternatively, as well as events that people organize, you can use the possessive form Sunday’s to refer to different parts of the day.

  • Sunday’s sunrise was one of the best I have ever seen.

However, people generally use the singular form of Sunday without the possessive case when referring to other parts of the day, such as morning and night.

  • We should meet for dinner on Sunday night.
  • Every Sunday morning, I go jogging by the river.

Sundays’

The word Sundays’ is the plural possessive form of the word Sunday. Therefore, you use it when you want to indicate that a particular event or moment belongs to multiple Sundays.

  • Sundays’ coffee mornings will start at 9 am instead of 10 am until March.
  • Sundays’ breakfasts are always a pleasure because we don’t have to rush.

However, using the plural possessive form of Sunday is not common, and people generally find alternative ways to say the same thing without using the possessive form.

For example:

  • The coffee mornings that take place every Sunday will start at 9 am instead of 10 am.
  • Sunday morning breakfasts are always a pleasure because we don’t have to rush.

Sundays

The term Sundays, without an apostrophe, is the standard plural form of the word Sunday. One of the primary uses for the term Sundays is to refer to things that happen every Sunday.

For example:

  • I like to experiment in the kitchen on Sundays because I have more free time.

Alternatively, you can refer to the day of the week itself.

  • Sundays are my favorite day of the week because I get the chance to rest.