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Ryansamturner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Passenger side or Passenger's side?

If I were saying:

'I walked around to the passenger side of the car.'

Would that be correct or should I say 'passenger's side'?

Thanks
Ryan
  

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In speech, there is no difference in my dialect. I would write "passenger's".

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In speech, there is no difference in my dialect. I would write "passenger's".
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Thanks.

I've looked into this a bit more. Passenger side seems more commonly used.
If i were using an apostrophe, would it not then be passengers' side as there may be more than one passenger?

Also, the way i'm using it, the car is actually empty so not sure if that changes things as there aren't actually any passengers.
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ryansamturnerI've looked into this a bit more. Passenger side seems more commonly used.
Where? On the Internet? That doesn't matter. We're talking about standard English written for literate people who will be distracted at best by odd usage.
ryansamturnerIf i were using an apostrophe, would it not then be passengers' side as there may
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You're referring to the seat beside the driver, in which one passenger sits.

In the back, passengers can sit on both sides, so it would make no sense to speak of the passengers' side..
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