I need a grammar lesson from all you smarty pants out there.
In my last post I wrote: " I bought some jeans and shirt from the mens department "
Should "mens" have an apostrophe?
I don't think so, but then I did the spell check thing and it kept suggesting it.
I always get that rule mixed up.
Any English majors out there?
Presby?
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Apostrophe
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Men's is correct.
Thanks Anon - I needed that!
I get confused the most with It's and its.
Yeah, I think it does need the apostrophe. Signs are always wrong, though.
Men's is correct. Just like Children's and Women's.
I'm late to the conversation, but ditto to everyone else. Men's.
When I stop and think about it's and its, Neetzy, I remind myself that it's is really "it is" and its means belonging to...
Kat (I was an English major, but my punctuation bites!)
Men's. The way to remember how to use the apostrophe correctly is to think of it as representing a possession of something.
Worked for me.
Poetikat,
I swear I will never get that one. I tend to avoid "it" altogether!
Never trust a spellchecker, Shazza.
And Robyn's right: signs are always wrong.
Especially the one in my local John Lewis just outside the restaurant.
It reads:
"Toilets
The Place To Eat."
Thank you all - I knew I would get the correct answer.
I'm hiring all of you as my editors or is that editor's?
Would that mean I will possess you?
:::insert evil laugh here:::
Ahhhh - fagetaboutit, I'm hopless.
But we love you just the same, Shazza!
Kat
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