The Apprentice - did we ever determine where the apostrophe should go on "S!


Question: The Apprentice - did we ever determine where the apostrophe should go on "Singles"!?
I can't sleep till I find out, please help!.Www@Enter-QA@Com


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I'm currently on the dog and bone to the Department of English at King's College Cambridge!. I'll let you know!.

(You're looking so cute today Mrs Minger, fancy a date!?)Www@Enter-QA@Com

I don't know the specific instance in question, but the rules of grammar are:

'S denotes singular possessive, as in "boy's toy" (the toy of 1 boy)!. It can also be used in a contraction replacing the word "is", as in "love's grand"

S' denotes plural possessive, as in "girls' curls" (the curls of multiple girls)

And of course, no apostrophe at all can denote the plural case without possession, as in "golf balls"

Since single is normally used as an adjective, the only case I can think of would be something like "singles bar", which should not have an apostrophe at all - it is a bar for singles; it does not belong to one single, or to two or more singles!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

As the word 'singles' refers to more than one single and the 'day' theoretically belongs to all the singles, then the apostrophe comes after the s - singles'!. If it was one person's (single) day then it would be single's!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

i still don't know but i found it really amusing that they took 3 hours to work it out , they should have spent more time thinking of a decent idea although the other teams idea was even worse!.!.!.!. if possible lolWww@Enter-QA@Com

Well, I've got 3 of my members of staff to spedn the morning finding it out for me!.

Provisionally, they've come back with "We don;t know", but they're not certain about that!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

It goes after the s!. Some say it'd be "Singles's", if it were grammatically correct as it's recently changed, but that looks silly, so I'd put "Singles' "Www@Enter-QA@Com

Buebell is correct ~ the apostrophe goes after the final 's' as it refers to all the single peopleWww@Enter-QA@Com

My mate Barb says it's

National Singles' Day

She knows everything - they should have called her!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

It only took them three hours to work out, quite frankly i would sack the lot of them!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

wow, good question!.!. hey, why did you delete the other question on elizabeth fritzl!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Ms Minger where have you been hiding!?
You look like you have lost a little weight!. You been working out!?Www@Enter-QA@Com

NoWww@Enter-QA@Com

Its is "Single's" they said on the show afterwards on BBC2, or was it singles'!.!.!. argh!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

ha ha
According to my daughter who 100x smarter!.!.!.!.it goes after the 's'Www@Enter-QA@Com



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