Grammar

Aug 18, 2005 10:57

For all of you grammar people out there... this one ALWAYS stumps me ( Read more... )

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polomarco August 18 2005, 20:25:03 UTC
Men's Founders' Day Results is actually correct.

You could probably get away with not putting an apostrophe with Founders if it's used as an adjective more than a possessive. A good example of something similar: Veterans Affairs. Actually, you provided another good example: Couples Day. (Couples wouldn't need to be possessive.)

Men's *has* to have an apostrophe. The plural of man is men, and to make it possessive, you add an apostrophe and s. (It's not like Founders. The plural of founder already has an s, so it gets just an apostrophe to make it possessive.)

Or you could make it easy on yourself and say Founders' Day Results (Men) and Founders' Day Results (Women). :)

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braja August 18 2005, 20:43:58 UTC
I was hoping you would respond! Thanks! You rock...

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ngeran August 18 2005, 20:25:17 UTC
I don't see any reason why you couldn't. However, maybe you need to take a different angle.

Founders' Day Men's Stroke Play Results
etc...

After all, the results are for the Men's Stroke Play and not Founders' Day. The event occurred on Founders' Day, the event was Men's Stroke Play.

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braja August 19 2005, 16:40:48 UTC
Thanks for the help!

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