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Just out of curiosity: do you know if ITV is planning to air Law &Order:UK 's season finale? Last week the ep has been pulled off from schedule due to the week's happenings, similar to the episode's case...
May. 7th, 2014
I really need help from any English-native speakers: When I went to high school (over 15 years since I learnt the basycs of English grammar) my teacher used to say that the possessive of nouns ending with "s" was to be indicated only with the apostrophe; as in, the chair belonging to the boss was "the boss' chair", and so on.
BUT
Recently, I found sources that indicates that is preferable to use the form of Aapostrophe+S If and When the noun possessing the item is singular - ergo the boss's chair - while the S is to be dropped if and when the noun possessing the item is plural- IE the bosses' chairs- and IF and When the noun, whatever singular or plural, is followed by a word starting with S- IE, the boss' spare chair, or the dogs' saliva, or whatever.
In modern English, what woudl you do? Because I'm getting kind of confused, and the only thing I'm completely sure about is the use of "of" to indicate possession when related to an inanimate object- even if I've seel also "the tests's results", instead of "the results of the test"....
BUT
Recently, I found sources that indicates that is preferable to use the form of Aapostrophe+S If and When the noun possessing the item is singular - ergo the boss's chair - while the S is to be dropped if and when the noun possessing the item is plural- IE the bosses' chairs- and IF and When the noun, whatever singular or plural, is followed by a word starting with S- IE, the boss' spare chair, or the dogs' saliva, or whatever.
In modern English, what woudl you do? Because I'm getting kind of confused, and the only thing I'm completely sure about is the use of "of" to indicate possession when related to an inanimate object- even if I've seel also "the tests's results", instead of "the results of the test"....
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