Question For Ron

[d2dave]

Or anyone else that wishes to offer an opinion.

I had to send an email and it had the sentence "Last weeks grog purchase"

Now my spell checker said it should be week's.

Which is correct. SWMBO who has a much higher education than me said weeks.

[sheerluck]

Week's. It's a possessive, not a plural.

[rocmic]

I would think that since the purchase did not belong to the week, but occurred in the week, that the apostrophe is not correct.
But then I went to school a long time ago.
Cheers
Mike

[bob10]

The use of the apostrophe in "week's " is correct. It is in the possessive form, ie, it belongs to last week, Bob

[Pedro_The_Swift]

typical,, the one time we have an actual use for Ron, he's off on some pommy pub crawl:lol2:

[DiscoMick]

Its not plural. It was the purchase of the week in time, so it's possessive, I think.

[JDNSW]

Bob is right.

John

[Geedublya]

Who's Bob?

[JDNSW]

Who's Bob?

bob10, post #4

John

[bob10]

"They seek him here,
they seek him there,
those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That damned elusive ....... BOB :D :D woohooo!

[jon3950]

Time for a grammar lesson.

An apostrophe is used when a letter or letters have been dropped. For example, "is not" can be shortened to "isn't" by dropping the "o" and adding an apostrophe.

In ancient english the possessive tense was shown by adding an "es", so "week" would become "weekes". Over time, the "e" was dropped and replaced by an apostrophe, so "weekes" has become "week's".

So, should it be "weeks" or "week's"?

The sentence can be re-written as "the grog purchase of last week" and not have changed its meaning. Therefore it is possessive, so it should have an apostophe.

Cheers,
Jon

[bob10]

The sentence can be re-written as "the grog purchase of last week" and not have changed its meaning. Therefore it is possessive, so it should have an apostophe.

Cheers,
Jon


And that is how the French would say it, they have no possessive tense. Therefore, the use of the apostrophe to denote the possessive tense is correct, Bob

[Saitch]

The plural is "weeks'"

[Disco Muppet]

Nevermind :D

[Saitch]

Yes.
We know. :)
Example, "This thread could go for weeks"
How many weeks? Multiple weeks.
But, when the grog purchase in question occurred in a particular week, we're identifying a particular week as being 'possessive' of the grog purchase, hence week's
Sorry plural is "WEEKS apostrophe" i.e. the two weeks' purchase.
Have a closer look at my 1st post punctuation marks ;)

[sheerluck]

Yes.
We know. :)
Example, "This thread could go for weeks"
How many weeks? Multiple weeks.
But, when the grog purchase in question occurred in a particular week, we're identifying a particular week as being 'possessive' of the grog purchase, hence week's

Ahem. Check the number of inverted commas there Muppet. I reckon you missed one.

Saitch has pointed out the possessive of the plural. ;)

[sheerluck]

Sorry plural is "WEEKS apostrophe" i.e. The two weeks' purchase.

And then he goes and spoils it.......

[Disco Muppet]

My bad :D

[Saitch]

My bad :D
Hah D.M.
I just noticed "The Phantom" in your profile! I wonder how Colonel Weekes would be possessive? Weekes' or Weekses'?
For those who came in late, he was Commander of the Jungle Patrol!

[jon3950]

Hah D.M.
I just noticed "The Phantom" in your profile! I wonder how Colonel Weekes would be possessive? Weekes' or Weekses'?
For those who came in late, he was Commander of the Jungle Patrol!

Weekes' because you are dropping the last "s". It could also mean there are two of them for the same reason.

[Disco Muppet]

Hah D.M.
I just noticed "The Phantom" in your profile! I wonder how Colonel Weekes would be possessive? Weekes' or Weekses'?
For those who came in late, he was Commander of the Jungle Patrol!

What's Weekses' precious?

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[bob10]

Didn't take long. Back to the classroom, guys. teacher will wipe your nose. Bob

[Hoges]

And that is how the French would say it, they have no possessive tense. Therefore, the use of the apostrophe to denote the possessive tense is correct, Bob

Ah hum... 'tense' is used in conjunction with verbs.... "possessive" refers to nouns ..the term is 'possessive case' ... just thought I'd mention it:angel:

[d2dave]

I have just now sent this question to my two highly educated sisters, one being an ex school teacher and my brother who is a bit like Ron (I was the dumb ass of our family) to see what they reckon.

[bob10]

Ah hum... 'tense' is used in conjunction with verbs.... "possessive" refers to nouns ..the term is 'possessive case' ... just thought I'd mention it:angel:


Thanks, been a long time since grade 10 , don't tell the daughter, she's a teacher. You know what they are like. Scary. Bob

[p38arover]

typical,, the one time we have an actual use for Ron, he's off on some pommy pub crawl:lol2:

Sorry, I'm a bit late coming in.

I was at the Lord Nelson in 'ythe 'aving an 'alf of bitter.........

......followed by another half of Beaulieu bitter at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.

I was hot and tired when I got back to the hotel so I needed a pint of bitter before coming up to our room.

Oh, what was the question?

Of course, it should be with an apostrophe as the purchase belongs to the week. When I'm away, please refer such questions to VNX205, he's much betterer than me at this stuff - I think he was an English teacher.

[p38arover]

Weekes' because you are dropping the last "s". It could also mean there are two of them for the same reason.

I could have sworn I was taught that the possessive of a name ending in "S" was, as you say, not Weekes's but Weekes', yet in London I noticed St. James's Place didn't do that.

I'm confused.

Time for another bitter. Oh, wait, it's only 0830 and I'm off to the Solent Sky Museum (http://www.solentskymuseum.org/) where there are some very interesting aircraft.

[JDNSW]

I could have sworn I was taught that the possessive of a name ending in "S" was, as you say, not Weekes's but Weekes', yet in London I noticed St. James's Place didn't do that.

I'm confused.

Time for another bitter. Oh, wait, it's only 0830 and I'm off to the Solent Sky Museum (http://www.solentskymuseum.org/) where there are some very interesting aircraft.

According to Fowler, James's is the correct form for "personal names" and French names ending in -s or -x. For "classical names" it would be Mars'.

John

[Saitch]

Sorry, I'm a bit late coming in.

I was at the Lord Nelson in 'ythe 'aving an 'alf of bitter.........

......followed by another half of Beaulieu bitter at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.

I was hot and tired when I got back to the hotel so I needed a pint of bitter before coming up to our room.

Oh, what was the question?

Of course, it should be with an apostrophe as the purchase belongs to the week. When I'm away, please refer such questions to VNX205, he's much betterer than me at this stuff - I think he was an English teacher.
Off topic a wee bit but, Ron, I went to the museum in 1996 & thoroughly enjoyed it. What are your thoughts?
Steve

[V8Ian]

Sorry, I'm a bit late coming in.

I was at the Lord Nelson in 'ythe 'aving an 'alf of bitter.........

......followed by another half of Beaulieu bitter at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.

I was hot and tired when I got back to the hotel so I needed a pint of bitter before coming up to our room.

Oh, what was the question?

Of course, it should be with an apostrophe as the purchase belongs to the week. When I'm away, please refer such questions to VNX205, he's much betterer than me at this stuff - I think he was an English teacher.
Nothing wrong with Aussie ones, Ron. ;)

[p38arover]

Off topic a wee bit but, Ron, I went to the museum in 1996 & thoroughly enjoyed it. What are your thoughts?
Steve

Great, I wish I had more time to spend there. Well worth a visit. The ticket allows one to return within 6 days.


typical,, the one time we have an actual use for Ron, he's off on some pommy pub crawl:lol2:

I'm not quite sure just how many pubs Camel Landy and I visited last night in Bristol, nor can I name them. I know we finished at one where there was live music and lots of good looking uni students.... :angel:

I also know I had a headache on the trip to London this morning (back in Bristol tonight).