sydney Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 Does anyone know when you are writing about pupils i.e more than one is it pupils or pupils' with an apostrophe I never know. Thanks.
Jess Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 I'm not 100% sure on this, Eli, Cal would be the best person to ask, but... Eire = The Irish Republic Stormont = seat of government in Northern Ireland Ulster = Northern Ireland Sinn Fein = Republican political party RUC = the police force in Northern Ireland UVF = Loyalist paramilitary organisation Orange Order = the largest Protestant organisation Falls Road = Catholic area in Belfast Shankhill Road = Protestant area in Belfast Unionist = a Loyalist Hope that helps, Eli. x
Cal Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 I'm not 100% sure on this, Eli, Cal would be the best person to ask, but... Eire = The Irish Republic Stormont = seat of government in Northern Ireland Ulster = Northern Ireland Sinn Fein = Republican political party RUC = the police force in Northern Ireland UVF = Loyalist paramilitary organisation Orange Order = the largest Protestant organisation Falls Road = Catholic area in Belfast Shankhill Road = Protestant area in Belfast Unionist = a Loyalist Hope that helps, Eli. x That's bang on! Ulster also consists of one Irish county called Donegal. Eire is Irish for Ireland, but nobody really says that anymore.
MarMar Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 Does anyone know when you are writing about pupils i.e more than one is it pupils or pupils' with an apostrophe I never know. Thanks. More than one pupil = pupils (s meaning that it's plural) pupils' = example: the pupils' book - genitive (indicating possession)
Eli Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 Thanks, I wasn't sure anyone would reply so I tried looking it up (it was a bit hard because it seems like it's a county in the US named after every single one of those expressions) but I wasn't sure if I had everything right. Now I do, so thanks
Cal Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 Does anyone know when you are writing about pupils i.e more than one is it pupils or pupils' with an apostrophe I never know. Thanks. More than one pupil = pupils (s meaning that it's plural) pupils' = example: the pupils' book - genitive (indicating possession) I feel so thick! For the past 16 years, I've been spelling the genitive form as Pupil's.... woops!
Eli Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 But wouldn't it be "Pupil's book" if you're talking about one pupil? and "Pupils' book" if it's plural? Sorry if that's just stupid, I just got really confused...
MarMar Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 Yup, that's right. I just made the example like that since he/she was curious about plural, and how to use the apostrophe.
MarMar Posted December 3, 2006 Report Posted December 3, 2006 ... Was also kinda preoccupied with LiveJournal *shhh*
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