Say, if you're going to create a writers' group called The Writers Land (just made it up), will you add an apostrophe like this, &quot;The Writers' Land&quot;? It looks odd to me, but perhaps that's just me? Same with other things like an institution name: Would you say Writers Association or Writers' Association (when you're creating it)? Do readers prefer one or the other?
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Although Children's books is what everybody says, I would like to understand why the genitive case is applied in such case.  If I write books for children, children is an adjective here; not the owners of my book! The word "children" just defines or characterizes the type of books I write. Therefore, it's an adjective.   So, I understand that genitive/possessive case ("I write children's book")  is incorrect grammar.  My question is: is the genitive case here really accepted as right? If I use "I write children books" (following the grammar principle) as as I say "I write pets books" (books about pets, and not possessions of pets) - would I be incorrect? Why?
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My first question here, so I'm not sure if this OT or not, so please bare with me.  Background: I don't live in US. I'm working with some data that I'm pulling from . Sometimes, I'm getting a city name as St. John and sometimes as Saint Ann.   So my question is, is there an accepted way on how people write a US city names which starts with Saint or is this just some random thing (or just specific to AdWords maybe)?  I'm asking this, because if for example I'll get both St. John and Saint John in the same file, should I consider them the same or should I be suspicious?
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Suppose you wanted to place a possessive apostrophe in this sentence: Billy, who goes to my school, favorite game is tag.  I know it's not standard, but I can hear kids (or older) saying an s sound after "school" to make the possession clear. So I'd like to know if this could be written in the way that it's spoken (albeit not spoken in standard English).  Obviously, the sentence could be reworded, but that's not what I'm after.
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I was writing a text when I came to say 'a union', then it struck me that I need to change the 'a' to 'an'. But for some reason, 'an union' didn't sound right.   Why doesn't it work? Is it because its a mass noun, instead of a regular noun?
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Over at stats.stackexchange we are having a minor kerfuffle over whether a title is using incorrect grammar. It has been edited and re-edited several times. It would be great to get some arbitration and a clear explanation.   The original title was "What questions is your data team hoping to answer?" which was edited to "What questions are your data team hoping to answer?", then edited back. See the question .
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I'm thinking about making a headline. I know you would use a comma here:     Professor Bill Bick then told me, "There will be more jobs when the   economy recovers."   What about here?     Read Professor Bill Bick's article, "Why There Will be More Jobs When   the Economy Recovers."   Are commas used before article titles that are quoted?
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For example. If I want to quote a passage from a writing, that says     The cake is not a lie.   and my sentence is:     The book by author states that "The cake is not a lie." however studies show that the cake is a lie.   Is it OK to replace the period with a comma to make the sentence flow?  Relevant: Also what do you do with the capital "T" Are you allowed to lowercase it?     The book by author states "the cake is not a lie," however studies show that the cake is a lie.   I usually just work around this by switching up the structure of the sentence, but sometimes I really want to phrase something a particular way.
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I'm writing a letter to several recipients in the same document and want to address them correctly at the start.  Is the following correct (I suspect not) and if not, what should it be:     Dear Mr's Jones, Smith, Bloggs and Flintstone
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When creating an acronyms/initialisms in a document which will be referenced throughout the document, what is the proper way to display it for the first time? ("Word") or just (Word)?
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Is there an automatic way to attach a genitive apostrophe or " ' s " to an author's name?  Currently I use:  \citeauthor{kuran1989}'s \citeyear{kuran1989}   But since this comes up regularily I'd like to know whether there's a general solution.
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I'm writing a poem referring to humans as landlords of this planet.  Which is correct:  "they come to test this planet landlord's heart"  or  "they come to test this planet's landlord's heart"  I would use the first one for what I consider better style. Not sure it is correct.
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For example, I found the following sentence written by a native English speaker (UK) so I'm going to assume that he knows how to put it the right way, although I wouldn't use this form.     I now have a bit more time to fix bugs   etc but I'm open to offers if anyone   wants to help maintain this module   with me?   Is it correct or is the question mark misused here?
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If the cricket ground Lord's is a possessive, what if you want to describe something belonging to Lord's? Would you say:     I was very impressed by Lord's's customer services.   It doesn't look right, so what is the correct way of writing it?
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What is the correct term to use, or what is the difference between the two?  For instance, if you describe yourself as a founder in a resume it sounds like you founded something alone. In plural form (founders), it suddenly seems more like co-founders - that you didn't do it alone. But I don't know if co-founder alone maybe sounds as if you didn't have a leading role in the founding part.   Hope anyone can clear up my confusion here! Thanks  CC (From Denmark - if the grammar isn't perfect I apologize in advance ;)
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Repeating the indefinite article. Is it a matter of style? If so, which quote is more natural [or maybe sounds better]?     My name is Amy Purdy, I am a survivor, snowboarder, founder of   Adaptive Action Sports, globetrotter and daydreamer.   vs.     My name is Amy Purdy, I am a survivor, a snowboarder, a founder of   Adaptive Action Sports, a globetrotter and a daydreamer.   Source: Amy Purdy Note: the first comma is from the source. It should be replaced by a period.
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Example: A character owns a pair of Sophia Loren sunglasses. Before going out for the afternoon, "She drew on her Sophia Loren’s, flipped her long mane back, and tossed him a cheeky grin."  If I'm not mistaken, this is an example of a "proprietary eponym". Is the apostrophe correct here, or should it be "Sophia Lorens"—i.e. since the thing referred to is a plurale tantum, should the proprietary eponym also take the form of a plurale tantum?
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In the phrase beginners guide to …,  where should the apostrophe go?   Beginner’s Guide to […] Beginners’ Guide to […]   In my particular case, this is the title for a presentation so there are multiple beginners that are being addressed.