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Cup cake Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
apostrophe or not?
Hi Everyone,
Do you think that the following term, which is aimed at marketing, would work?
Join our weekly 'Verb's segment'.
In other words, can 'verb' take an apostrophe here?
The segment belongs to the verb.
Thanks
CC.
Do you think that the following term, which is aimed at marketing, would work?
Join our weekly 'Verb's segment'.
In other words, can 'verb' take an apostrophe here?
The segment belongs to the verb.
Thanks
CC.
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What does "Verb's segment" mean? I cannot think of a context where you would want to use that phrase.
- What does "Verb's segment" mean?
- I cannot think of a context where you would want to use that phrase.
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What does "Verb's segment" mean? I cannot think of a context where you would want to use that phrase.
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It's like a spot on a radio program.
And NOW, it's time for our weekly 'Verb's segment'.
In other words, we talk about verbs for (say) 15 minutes or so.
'Verb's segment' is just a title for a daily ritual.
And NOW, it's time for our weekly 'Verb's segment'.
In other words, we talk about verbs for (say) 15 minutes or so.
'Verb's segment' is just a title for a daily ritual.
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"Verb's segment" is not right then. I would use "Verb segment" or "Verbs segment". In speech, these three may be hard to distinguish, but "Verb's segment" would probably be heard as one of the other two anyway since it is an awkward and unexpected phrase.
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