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Thread #86772   Message #1620375
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
05-Dec-05 - 09:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: Grammar Police: eats shoots and leaves
Subject: RE: BS: Grammar Police: eats shoots and leaves
I got the children's one wrong but, on reflection, I am a little confused. I agree that children, being the plural, would have the possesive adjective between the n and the s. For instance the children's clothes would indicate the clothes belonging to the children. What about a children's clothes department though, as in the department selling clothes that fit children? The apostrophe would be wrong in this case, would it not?

My brain hurts...

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