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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
make them possessives or not
Hi,
I sometimes have difficulty (in???) deciding whether to put apostrophes in the places indicated.
Asiana Airlines Mileage Overview
Click on the bells icon
Do you have some guidelines?
I sometimes have difficulty (in???) deciding whether to put apostrophes in the places indicated.
Asiana Airlines Mileage Overview
Click on the bells icon
Do you have some guidelines?
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difficulty deciding is fine
- difficulty deciding is fine
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If it is clear that something belongs to someone, use the apostrophe. The teacher's desk, the child's bike. With the airlines, you can leave it out - or include it. It is the policy of the airline, but perfectly well understood without it.
With the icon, I would just say "bell icon" (does it look like a bell?) The icon doesn't belong to the bell.
With the icon, I would just say "bell icon" (does it look like a bell?) The icon doesn't belong to the bell.
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Thank you.
As to the word that seems to be functioning as an adjective "bell," how a person would know when it is proper to use it as an adjective and when not? I think one look of a typical dictionary might as well tell a person that it is a NOUN and no where in it does it say that it can function as an adjective. Help.
As to the word that seems to be functioning as an adjective "bell," how a person would know when it is proper to use it as an adjective and when not? I think one look of a typical dictionary might as well tell a person that it is a NOUN and no where in it does it say that it can function as an adjective. Help.
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You could say "bell-shaped icon" but you don't really need to, because people will know exactly what you mean.
Chair leg, lamp shade, intelligence quotient, foot stool... these are all instances in which a noun is used to describe a noun.
I myself am puzzlled over the lack of use of the apostophe in things like Veterans Affairs (which I think should have one, but the U.S. Dept.
Chair leg, lamp shade, intelligence quotient, foot stool... these are all instances in which a noun is used to describe a noun.
I myself am puzzlled over the lack of use of the apostophe in things like Veterans Affairs (which I think should have one, but the U.S. Dept.
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