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Cory90
 
Reply Thu 10 Nov, 2016 10:16 pm
Block Users Signatures
Block User's Signatures
Block Users' Signatures

Which one is correct?

It's the title of a JavaScript code.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 10 Nov, 2016 10:38 pm
@Cory90,
The third one looks good to me, but what do I know?
roger
 
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Reply Thu 10 Nov, 2016 11:05 pm
@cicerone imposter,
Funny, the third one looks good to me.
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Cory90
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 12:43 am
Do either of you have a reasoning to why you believc that is grammatically correct?
roger
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 12:45 am
@Cory90,
Yes
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 04:40 am
@Cory90,
It's the possessive apostrophe. Users, because there's more than one of them, ends in s. When attributing a possessive apostrophe to a word that ends in s you can just add an apostrophe or apostrophe s. So Users' or Users's would be correct, but most people drop the extra s so they don't sound like Hissing Sid.
mark noble
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 09:35 am
@Cory90,
Block users' signatures.
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contrex
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 11:22 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:
Users' or Users's would be correct

Nope. A plural noun like users which already ends in s takes only a following apostrophe:

the girls' excitement
my parents' wedding
both players' injuries
the Klingons' attack
the ladies' room
two weeks' work

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives


mark noble
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 11:40 am
@contrex,
Here's a tricky one - In two weeks time (Ungrammaticised)
contrex
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 11:55 am
@mark noble,
mark noble wrote:
Here's a tricky one - In two weeks time Ungrammaticised)

When it is one measure of time, the apostrophe goes before the s: one day's pay, one week's time. When it is more than one measure of time, it goes after the s: two days' pay, two weeks' time.

mark noble
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 12:23 pm
@contrex,
Is that specific to values of time or values in general?
I'd have written 'One weeks', Two weeks' out of habit.
I write as I choose, but refinement costs, but the will to do so.
contrex
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 02:02 pm
@mark noble,
mark noble wrote:
Is that specific to values of time or values in general?

I would say that all values or properties that are written using possessives have the apostrophe before the s for one and after the s for more than one.

One elephant's weight, two elephants' weight, one lamp's light, two lamps' light, one dog's tail, two dogs' tails.



cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 02:34 pm
@contrex,
Looks good to me!
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 11 Nov, 2016 04:23 pm
@Cory90,
Cory we might need a bit more context. In #1 for instance if "Block" is a verb and if "Users Signatures" is eg the name of an org then #1 is okay. Otherwise:

#2 is okay if a single user provides multi sigs

#3 if more than one user is involved


There's are of course any number of alternative terpts. For instance Block Users might be a fella's name, whereupon only #3 qualifies


Fellas let's thinka sumoraven
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