Plurals, possessives, and consistencies

[Sinlaeshel]

While waiting for my sister to finish work the other night, I noticed an odd thing in the way this particular store she works at catagorized their departments. One department was "Woman's", another department was "Men's", and a third department was "Kids".

Woman's - Singular possessive
Men's - Plural possessive
Kids - Plural non-possessive

Does this inconsistency seem odd to anybody else?

 

[grande]

SilentAiche,
I was kidding when I quoted your signature. I found it funny, no worries!

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[SilentAiche]

Grande,

Your response was [red]far[/red] more generous than my petty post deserved. I can't wait to grow up, which kinda sucks, since I'm already over 40.

Sigh.

Tim

[gray]thanks again. Somehow, I took your note the wrong way. BTW: I really am a big fan of Carly Simon.[/gray]

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[grande]

In other news, I'm no longer a teenager as of today. Being an adult sucks :-(

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[SilentAiche]

[red]Happy Birthday![/red]

FWIW, I'm pretty sure you'll handle the whole "adult" thing with ease.

Best of luck!
Tim

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[kroberts]

Participants in this thread might be interested in (or amused by) the Web site of the Apostrophe Protection Society at [

http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm

]. It includes "Examples Pages" with photos depicting "apostrophe abuse"--mostly in the UK. Sigh! It's obviously a distressingly widespread phenomenon throughout the English-speaking world.

 

[r937]

see also Bob the Angry Flower's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots



r937.com | rudy.ca

 

[fumei]

r937 - never heard of angryflower before. thanks for the link. what a hoot.

Gerry

 

[SilentAiche]

the Apostrophe Protection Society

The APS?? (APSe??) Great- now, we're back to religion.

[er] img smilies and all that)[/er]

tim

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