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Worst example I’ve seen:-
Hi’s and Her’s Towel’s.On The Apprentice last week they couldn’t decoide whether it is
“national singles’ day”
or
“national singles day”(I think we can forget “national single’s day”)
I believe it’s “national singles day” because it’s about singles more than for them/belonging to them.
Here’s the answer I got to a similar problem from an expert in the field:-
“It will take place at the end of year Partners meeting”
There is just one meeting being attended by lots of partners.There are two ways of looking at it:
(1) (Probably what most people will say, here) takes the view that the meeting relates to the plural partners, so it’s the Partners’ Meeting.(2) You ask “what kind of meeting is it?” and answer that by saying it’s a meeting of the type ” partners “. If you follow that pattern, no apostrophe is needed.
Who is going to the meeting? Just the partners? – if so, then (1) is probably appropriate. However, if it is a meeting where, say, those present decide who the partners should be (so the meeting is “about” the subject of partners) then I’d go with (2).
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What about a sign at work, pointing to the Directors Office (a suite of offices housing the one Director, the one Deputy Director and plural Assistant Directors. Those who put up the sign thought about it, and decided that Director’s would miss out the others, and Directors’ would wrongly state their status. It’s supposedly an “adjectival” use, but it’s an uncomfortable one.
Directorate Office?
You have way too much time on your hands, and who wants to go to a boring Partners’ meeting anyway, unless its down the pub.
Many Partners, one meeting = Partners’ meeting
One partner, one meeting = partner’s meetingOne Director, one office = Director’s office
many directors, one office = Directors’ officeOne head, one bucket of water = HisNibbs is wet
One head, many buckets of water = HisNibbs is still wetand tell me nibbs which meets on JC don’t you go to ?
a list would be great . . . . .
me apos-trophies are missing I know, but it’s ok – luckily I have drawn them on to the screen with a pencil so……. all breathe
I hate apostrofees, I have to be really careful during the week in my real life typing important stuff that people have to use to show other people who need to see the important stuff so the people can do important stuff.
I miss most out because the hand written drafts of the important stuff are always so ott with them that most are irrelevant anyway.
I like comma’s though… they is ok 8) :wink:
i prefer semi colons to colons i think it’s the mix of the comma and full stop
we use lots of semi’s at work. I like to have a break from them at home.
nah i cant say it :oops:
Must confess I do tend to overuse it occasionally…. :shock:
@hisnibbs wrote:
Worst example I’ve seen:-
Hi’s and Her’s Towel’s.On The Apprentice last week they couldn’t decoide whether it is
“national singles’ day”
or
“national singles day”(I think we can forget “national single’s day”)
I believe it’s “national singles day” because it’s about singles more than for them/belonging to them.
Here’s the answer I got to a similar problem from an expert in the field:-
“It will take place at the end of year Partners meeting”
There is just one meeting being attended by lots of partners.There are two ways of looking at it:
(1) (Probably what most people will say, here) takes the view that the meeting relates to the plural partners, so it’s the Partners’ Meeting.(2) You ask “what kind of meeting is it?” and answer that by saying it’s a meeting of the type ” partners “. If you follow that pattern, no apostrophe is needed.
Who is going to the meeting? Just the partners? – if so, then (1) is probably appropriate. However, if it is a meeting where, say, those present decide who the partners should be (so the meeting is “about” the subject of partners) then I’d go with (2).
* * * * *
What about a sign at work, pointing to the Directors Office (a suite of offices housing the one Director, the one Deputy Director and plural Assistant Directors. Those who put up the sign thought about it, and decided that Director’s would miss out the others, and Directors’ would wrongly state their status. It’s supposedly an “adjectival” use, but it’s an uncomfortable one.
Directorate Office?
what a boring b@stard
@pete wrote:
i prefer semi colons to colons i think it’s the mix of the comma and full stop
They world would be a messy place without a colon :shock:
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