Grammar help, please!

[dippydawg1932]

HELP!!!

Which is proper:
Mens Formalwear
Men's Formalwear
Mens' Formalwear

?????????

Thanks!

Comments

[keithus]

I'd say Men's

[musicpsych]

I'd say "Men's," too. Like, you would say "everyone's mother," and not "everyones mother" or "everyones' mother."

[huzzahs4me]

**as I refer to my trusty grammar book**
What context are you using this as? Here are two scenarios...

If you are talking possessive or, the Formalwear belonging to some men, then it would be the men's formalware. Mens' would be incorrect, as, you only move the apostrophe when you are inferring a possessive plural of a word ending in s. Men is the plural, and mens is an improper plural. The correct indication of the plural possessive would be: men's formalware.

If you are referring simply to mens formalware where mens is an adjective and formalware is the noun, then there would be no apostrophe, as, you are not invoking the possessive tense.

[gavin]

It would definitely be Men's Formalwear.