Apostrophes

[Shosht]

Teachers must have the students pack away all their books and belongings.

Do I need any apostrophes in this sentence? I am confused about where to put an apostrophe for teachers.

[5jj]

Teachers must have the students pack away all their books and belongings.

Do I need any apostrophes in this sentence? I am confused about where to put an apostrophe for teachers.

No apostrophes necessary. Teachers is a simple plural form.

[Shosht]

Thank you for such a quick reply. :)

[5jj]

Thank you for such a quick reply. :)

That one was comparatively straightforward..

You may be interested in these:

1.The teachers are in the library. More than one teacher.
2. The teacher's books are in the library. The books of one teacher.
3. The teachers' books are in the library. The books of more than one teacher.
4. The Teachers Books are in the library. The books for teachers that are designed to accompany a course
5. The teacher's reading a book. The teacher is reading a book.
6. The teacher's read a book.The teacher has read a book.

Note that some people feel that Teachers Book (#4) should be Teacher's Book or Teachers' Book. The version I have given is the one most publishers use.

[BobK]

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Note that some people feel that Teachers Book (#4) should be Teacher's Book or Teachers' Book. The version I have given is the one most publishers use.

I used to subscribe to Writers News. The lack of apostrophe was the subject of more than one Letter to the Editor!

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[Tdol]

Private Eye had a long discussion about whether they should call a column Pedant's Corner or Pedants' Corner and settled on Pedantry Corner.

[TheParser]

I used to subscribe to Writers News. The lack of apostrophe was the subject of more than one Letter to the Editor!

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REMINDER: NOT A TEACHER


(1) As a fan of British newspapers, may I point out that there was once a newspaper

called Reynolds's News. It went modern in 1936 by becoming simply Reynolds News.


(a) As Stephen Koss wrote in his tour de force The Rise and Fall of the Political Press

in Britain, the newspaper "dropped its cumbersome [my emphasis] apostrophe."

(2) Perhaps "cumbersome" is the most appropriate word to describe the use of the

apostrophe in many titles. Writers News is nice and clean. An apostrophe is just

clutter, in the opinion of some people.

[5jj]

An apostrophe is just clutter, in the opinion of some people.

Its clear that in many peoples opinion's the apostrophes had it's day except in certain case's which are beyond the average persons comprehension.

[TheParser]

Its clear that in many peoples opinion's the apostrophes had it's day except in certain case's which are beyond the average persons comprehension.

REMINDER: NOT A TEACHER


(1) I love British humor and your reputation for understatement. For example, one

famous lady author referred to a murder as that "unpleasantness." Priceless!

(2) But I am worried that some learners might not get the point. So may I most

respectfully show them how important apostrophes are when we are not talking

about titles?

It's clear that in many people's opinions, the apostrophe has had its day,

except in certain cases which are beyond the average person's comprehension.

[BobK]

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(2) Perhaps "cumbersome" is the most appropriate word to describe the use of the

apostrophe in many titles. Writers News is nice and clean. An apostrophe is just

clutter, in the opinion of some people.

'Clutter' is a good word too! A colleague of mine in the Design Department at OUP (many years ago) disliked it on grounds of visual cleanness. (especially on a dust-jacket [=the usually glossy paper cover that usually covers a hard-back]).

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