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Reegis Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

A volunteers' job vs volunteers' job

Hello.

Please have a look at the two sentences:

1) A volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities.
2) Volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities.

Are both grammatically correct? If yes, is there any difference in meaning between them?
I understand that in the first one we have "a (volunteers' job)" whereas in the second we simply have "volunteers' job". So for me both look fine - there is a job that is performed by volunteers and its aim is to help elderly people. But still I am not sure, especially if we can use them interchangeably so please confirm if I am right.

Thanks!

  

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Reegis 1) A volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities. 2) Volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities. Are both grammatically correct?

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  • Reegis 1) A volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities.
  • 2) Volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities.
  • Are both grammatically correct?
  • No, only (1) is correct.
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Reegis1) A volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities.
2) Volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities.
Are both grammatically correct?

No, only (1) is correct.

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I think you meant to type "volunteer's".

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Reegis1) A volunteers' job is to assist elderly patients with everyday activities.

Here's my two cents...

To me, neither of these is good. I am thinking of how I would phrase the sentence naturally.

If there are several volunteers, but they all do the same kind of work, then I would say this:

A volunteer's job is ...

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