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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Matter of style?
Hi,
Sometimes I see long phrases with words like 'admissions' and 'attendees' with 's' in the end and when they are used in the middle of a phrase, I find them not being in the possessive eventhough a normal situation would require them to be in the possessive. Why is that? Is that a matter of style?
the Admissions personnel
the attendees seminar room
Sometimes I see long phrases with words like 'admissions' and 'attendees' with 's' in the end and when they are used in the middle of a phrase, I find them not being in the possessive eventhough a normal situation would require them to be in the possessive. Why is that? Is that a matter of style?
the Admissions personnel
the attendees seminar room
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Hi, Is that a matter of style? Yes. Or you might say 'a matter of preference'.
- Hi, Is that a matter of style?
- Yes.
- Or you might say 'a matter of preference'.
- The apostrophe is often omitted.
- the Admissions personnel This seems fine to me, because 'Admissions' seems to be a proper name, like 'the IBM personnel'.
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Hi,
Is that a matter of style? Yes. Or you might say 'a matter of preference'. The apostrophe is often omitted.
the Admissions personnel This seems fine to me, because 'Admissions' seems to be a proper name, like 'the IBM personnel'.
the attendees seminar room I'd write
Is that a matter of style? Yes. Or you might say 'a matter of preference'. The apostrophe is often omitted.
the Admissions personnel This seems fine to me, because 'Admissions' seems to be a proper name, like 'the IBM personnel'.
the attendees seminar room I'd write
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I agree with Clive completely on the attendees' but just wanted to add that I myself am often confused over the lack of what seems to require a possessive -- for example, Veterans Day.
But other times the noun is used to describe, not show possession - like "Our writers group meets on Thursday." Which group? The group made up of writers, not the group belonging to the writers. The same
But other times the noun is used to describe, not show possession - like "Our writers group meets on Thursday." Which group? The group made up of writers, not the group belonging to the writers. The same
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Thank you.
I used the following two phrases to pose a question but only one person, Goodman, answered and he said, I think, context is everything for these cases and more context is needed for him to decide.Can you please check if my guess is correct?
troops pullback
No apostrophe here because it does not relate to possession but rather shows the "of something" r
I used the following two phrases to pose a question but only one person, Goodman, answered and he said, I think, context is everything for these cases and more context is needed for him to decide.Can you please check if my guess is correct?
troops pullback
No apostrophe here because it does not relate to possession but rather shows the "of something" r
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