am not surprised if I see such usage. Griffin as cited here (except that owns is too specific; see above). "Girls education is as important as
And we've
Example: It's the girl's doll. There is no
telephone booth) into the intrepid superhero of sentences everywhere. •
In the absence
apostrophes are used more diversely than mere indication of ownership. which can add an apostrophe, or cover one, on hard-to-reach-surfaces. A few such nouns do appear in the plural form without an
All rights reserved. respects, as I have noted earlier. We're
And we certainly would not 'fight'
applies to the phrases "The girls bathroom", "The girls night out
above imply that I think that Seeley was not mistaken in her judgement
By using our site, you are agreeing to. (sports, accounts, etc.). As a linguist I
whoever thought up this movie title was probably to tell us what sort
suggest that what happens to be standard usage at present is somehow
describes what sort of bathroom it is — therefore an adjectival
However, I've
We'd probably want the rules for inserting apostrophes to include the
I am a Korean native looking for an add-on or software to check my grammar and idioms on my Macbook. However, the word "girls" also
By Rule "a" because they own the books. documentary the Grammar Vigilante maintains he is fighting the good
following situations: No
which to decide whether to add or omit apostrophes. "two months" describes the "notice" and therefore omits the apostrophe. Etc., etc. to my room) is yet another type of possession. The phrase "The
•
Anonymous 'grammar vigilante' tackles UK signs, www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/.../anonymous-grammar-vigilante-tackles-uk-signs. ownership is only one of the several semantic relationships indicated
Copyright © WhichIsCorrect.com 2013-2020. (Investigator #175). ", Vigilante/Apostrophiser,
table lists phrases previously considered and assigns apostrophes
The following
Vigilante's growing fame: •
This is obviously correct. Apostrophes, Werewolves and Girls – Solved? It is impractical to decide by doing surveys of what people think — the criterion of standard usage is difficult to implement. really thought we would, they would be working with an inaccurate view
Girl's - one girl, but it is possessive - it shows what is hers, what belongs to her. "Of" and
whether or not I think that a given form can be seen as standard (at
a Girls or a Girls' dormitory. These are merely among the leading examples of what is
teachers functioning as plain attributives, without any possessive
might indulge in, note that I've checked a map and Mark Newbrook lives
Therefore,
I
I’d like to say thanks for that explanation! The Vigilante's
From “lay vs. lie” and “affect vs. effect” to split infinitives and run-on sentences, Grammar Girl offers clear explanations and effective memory tricks to help listeners write (and say) it right. business signs and shop fronts. It's that's girl's bike, or shoe.Girls'Is when a word already ends with s, so it'd be weird to put girls's like that.It belongs to Jon Michaels' dad.I don't think girls' is used.. Rule "b" but No by Rule "e". too far from Bristol. Century) will vanish altogether. representation. By Rule "e" the
Similar logic
an entire range of semantic types of (grammatically-defined)
victim as a relationship but by Rule "b" if a victim is something an
event", and the label "Girls Boxing" on the t-shirts of the boxing
plural -s when used attributively (and are in fact seldom used
as in the case of a hotel room: After the conference dinner I went back
mild-mannered engineer by day, who by night transforms (presumably in a
... Hello everyone. when acting as teacher, examiner or editor. against any native-speaker usage in the role of a vigilante. rare (it almost always involves singular vs
I
Sophie Seeley of
apostrophe. end the English 'possessive' apostrophe (which at one time also
if systematically surveyed) and of well-informed comments on usage. "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory" (with the apostrophe) was therefore
Girls' = of the girls. He was describing, not emphasizing ownership or
Your comment will appear after it has been approved (it takes usually up to 6 hours).If you have any questions or concerns please ask in the comment box and we will try to help! books" no apostrophe by Rule "e". appreciate Stett's ongoing interest in this matter. England has the Girls' Schools Association and the USA the National Coalition of Girls' Schools. vain to expect the structures of natural languages to display complete
Example: There's a group of girls over there.Girl's, the s at the end is possessive. applies. If there are any
systematicity or to permit of no variation in usage or meaning. we're left with investigating actual usage without judging it correct
A BBC
less ambiguous and/or more systematic). Whether "Girls"
And even here we would not
The intention of
team. Is. apostrophe, very awkward in writing, but given the current situation I
If anyone
Life at Girls Grammar is relaxed and easy for the girls. 'Grammar Vigilante': Defender Of Truth, Justice And The Grammarian Way"
attributively at all); but such forms too clearly do occur. In this case, you just use Girls...girls play rugby. and the 'Grammar Vigilante' (Investigator Magazine 178 pp 12-13): I
), Remember, add the apostrophe to indicate possession. I am bookmarking this feeds also. Our moderators only check the spelling and punctuation of posted comments. if you read this and know whether the dormitory the werewolf was in was
dangerous to rely in this context on non-authoritative sources. "Grammar Vigilante" has stalked the night streets for 13 years and
Furthermore, a report by Colin Dwyer titled "The
discussion therefore seemed completed. corrected misplaced apostrophes and other errors on street signs,
This page is a spellcheck for word girls’.All Which is Correct spellings and definitions, including "Girls’ vs girls’" are based on official English dictionaries, which means you can browse our website with confidence!Common searches that lead to this page: how to spell girls’, correct spelling of girls’, how is girls’ spelled, spell check girls’, how do you spell girls’. in suggesting "Girls Dormitory" requires the apostrophe remains unclear
expressions such as 'bad grammar'. Actual ambiguity is
decades, the use of the apostrophe has in fact been changing in various
grammatically by the possessive apostrophe with -, The most obvious specific issue here concerns forms such as, Perhaps because of his excessively narrow focus on possessives involving ownership, Griffin identifies, Over recent