
I see I didn't have to drive the point home with you.

You're very sharp.

You have my total agreement Shirley. We were meant to be going away with our jayco club this weekend and after all the stuff coming out from Sydney, we decided that the risk would undo the last 4 months of us being totally self sufficient. There seem to be too many eejits running around this country, the horse has bolted. Watch out Qld.
So much for getting to the point.Greynomad wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:16 am You might think I'm an Old Grumblebum (no comments from the peanut gallery, please!) but under normal circumstances, we'd be about ready to think about considering the possibility of scheduling a discussion on whether we should begin to outline a plan for debating the pros & cons of starting the return journey to Sunny Victoria after a couple or more weeks when we've finished aestivating (look it up!) in the far outback of Queensland.
But, I don't own the people's morale. So isnt it peoples morale because they own it? .... there must be a moral to all of this.(BTW Jon, it's "people's morale".Can't help myself.)
Luckily there weren't 3 Daniels in the class. Imagine the mess Victoria would be in.Greynomad wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:15 pm Jon,
"People" is a collective noun, therefore singular. The apostrophe goes before the "s".
If you were discussing the morale of "peoples of the world" (ie. many races/populations) then "peoples" is a plural, so it becomes "peoples' morale".
The rule is, if the word ends in 's', the possessive is s' (adding quotes here would just confuse things, so I didn't).
You do not use s's for plurals in such cases. Same with James: the possessive is "James' toys" etc.
The confusion created by the peculiarity of English is that in the case of plurals of words ending in 's', you do add 'es': thus "There were three Jameses in the class." (NOTE: You do not write James's for the plural.)
Compare this with, "There were three Daniels in the class." No problems there, quite straightforward, because "Daniel" doesn't end in "s".
Please note: where you make any word plural you don't add an apostrophe!
Examples of this error are everywhere:
Home Made Hamburger's sold here;
Potatoe's $2.50 a Kg;
Waiter's wanted. Apply within;
etc, etc, etc.
ALL WRONG!!
Clear as mud, ain't it??![]()
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Bell has rung. Class dismissed.
Don't fret about it. Took me quite a few lessons with individual help from my High School English teacher before I got the message... even though the topic was started in late Primary School.