Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Today's topic is apostrophe usage. Shannon grammar This is a great article. A little ironic since I chose to omit the s' or 's in Writer Mamas Club. :) www.writermamasclub.com http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=18595#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=18595#Comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:23:47 GMT Misty grammar How would you write will not. Can you combine those words. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=18004#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=18004#Comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:36:27 GMT Michael Hewitt grammar Nup, wrong. Research the genitive case. Farmers' Market is correct - the plural noun Farmers is modifying the second noun Market. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=16089#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=16089#Comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:45:17 GMT sara grammar Thanks ChazBear, David and others for your clear explanations and test cases. Very helpful. Having learned grammar implicitly growing up as an English speaker, it's sometimes difficult to figure out the explicit rules. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=15668#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=15668#Comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:08:58 GMT Jennifer grammar What about the meeting I am going to have on Monday? It is Monday's meeting? Or Mondays meeting? I'm confused now. Help! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=13341#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=13341#Comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:49:48 GMT Habib grammar In a recent episode a reality television show, one team spent several hours debating the need for an apostrophe in a made-up holiday called National Singles Day. I'm inclined to leave it out. The task was to invent a holiday and market a series of related greeting cards. Here is a clip I found on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHOvVVO2neI. Enjoy! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=13028#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=13028#Comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:57:57 GMT Jenn grammar What about Children's/childrens as in books or programs. Children is plural but do the own the books, programs? Most examples use the apostrophe. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=12667#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=12667#Comments Thu, 22 May 2008 23:56:55 GMT Bruce in Iloilo (the Philippines) grammar Talking about apostrophe....A writer is stuck and admits it: "Here's an interesting twist. Staff at American Airlines pilots union (it is getting late - I've stared at this phrase for several minutes and can't decide where to put the apostrophe(s)!) have picketed the union itself. " From http://www.thetravelinsider.info/info/emails.htm Any thoughts? Before the "s" of "Airines"? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=12440#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=12440#Comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:01:00 GMT Kristin grammar See, that's interesting, because I've always referred to it in my mind (I've yet to write it down) as a writers' strike. Anytime I feel that I can use "of the" and switch the two main words, I feel it is possessive. So it's the "strike of the writers;" hence "writers' strike." I suppose I get this from other languages where possessives are used by including the word "of." In Spanish, there's no way to say "Kris's book," therefore I must say "libra de Kris" or more formally, "libra de la Kris," where the literal translation is "book of Kris." Learning other languages has been massively useful in understanding how OUR language works, at least it seems so to me. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=12083#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=12083#Comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:42:44 GMT mw grammar Also, in response to the many questions about newspaper grammar: remember, newspapers generally use AP Style, which is very different in some ways from standard American English grammar. You can always consult the very helpful AP Style Guide for newspaper related questions. It's a surprisingly good read. :) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=11825#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx?commentid=11825#Comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:55:04 GMT Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:23:47 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-apostrophes.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us