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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Apostrophe "s"

There's a friendly bet on this (a pint or two) between two old school friends:

I say we went to Fulneck Boys' School, he says we went to Fulneck Boy's School - I believe I am correct because the apostrophe "s" denotes possession to more than one boy.

Can someone please adjudicate?

Thanks in advance,

Paul
  

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There's no way for an outsider to know whether the school had a grammatically correct name. If there were many boys, and your question indicates that it wasn't a school for just one boy, the plural genitive Boys' School is of course right. CB

— Cool Breeze

  • There's no way for an outsider to know whether the school had a grammatically correct name.
  • If there were many boys, and your question indicates that it wasn't a school for just one boy, the plural genitive Boys' School is of course right.
  • CB
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There's no way for an outsider to know whether the school had a grammatically correct name. Emotion: smile If there were many boys, and your quest
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