3 bachelor's / bachelors' / bachelor degrees

[Tedwonny]

which of the above is right? THANKS a lot

I am aware that we need the possessive after 'Master' in a Master's degree. Not very sure about 'Bachelor' though.

 

[emsr2d2]

Which of the above is right? [STRIKE]THANKS[/STRIKE] Thanks a lot.

I am aware that we need the possessive after 'Master' in a Master's degree. I'm not very sure about 'Bachelor' though.

I have a bachelor's degree.
He has three bachelor's degrees.

 

[Tedwonny]

Thanks for your reply and corrections! : )

If bachelor were a noun functioning as a modifier, it would not need the possessive ' 's ' (i.e. a bachelor degree ) (another example: a flower shop; flower modifying shope)

However, if it needs a possessive 's' to carry out its modifying function, I am curious why it shouldn't be s'?

E.g. The three sisters' bags is right
The three sister's bags is wrong
?

Many Thanks again

 

[emsr2d2]

In your last example, "three" refers to "sisters", so the bags belong to those three sisters. In the original example the noun is a "bachelor's degree". If you have three of them, you don't have three batchelors, you have three degrees.