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AmandaW Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Possessive apostrophe

Can you please tell me if 'social services' under-eights department' is correct, or should it be'social service's under-eights department'? Also, should it be ' their childminders' pre-registration courses', or 'their childminder's pre-registration courses', or 'their childminders pre-registration courses'? Thank you
  

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It depends on the names of the departments and programs when they're not possessive. For example, is it the "Social Service" department or the "Social Services" department. I'm assuming it's probably "social services" since that's a common department, so I'd say that "Social Services' under-eights department" is correct.

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  • It depends on the names of the departments and programs when they're not possessive.
  • For example, is it the "Social Service" department or the "Social Services" department.
  • I'm assuming it's probably "social services" since that's a common department, so I'd say that "Social Services' under-eights department" is correct.
  • I honestly don't know.
  • Are they talking about the whole group as one "childminder" or are they talking about them as a group of "childminders" or what?
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It depends on the names of the departments and programs when they're not possessive.

For example, is it the "Social Service" department or the "Social Services" department. I'm assuming it's probably "social services" since that's a common department, so I'd say that "Social Services' under-eights department" is correct.

For the second one...I honestly don't know. Again, it
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1. their childminder's pre-registration courses
2. their childminders' pre-registration courses

[1] is correct if they have only one childminder. [2] is correct if you are speaking of a group of childminders.
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