Nov 17, 2005 21:58
So lets go for a public opinion. Cause this one was just too odd for an assignment to come back with. (Note this wasn't the only odd "semantics" situation, and there were quite a few very odd comments that showed a lack of knowledge in the area I wrote the assignment):
Women(x)s(y) Rights
Place the ' at either x or y.
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'Women' is a singular noun in it's plural form, therefore it requires no further pluralization (unlike 'people', which is a collective noun as well as a plural form, and thus may require pluralization). Therefore, the correct construction is "Women's Rights".
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Women's Rights
Women is already the plural of woman, you can't extra-pluralise it by adding an "s". And the rights belong to women, not just one woman.
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