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Mon 14 Nov, 2005 01:05 am
The organization itself lists its title without an apostrophe, but an online quiz I found at
http://writingcenter.english.txstate.edu/GSP/quiz_grammar.asp (see item 27) suggests otherwise. I read this phrase to mean guild of the screen actors, so why isn't an apostrophe used?
Thanks.
According to some stylebooks, if the organization in question is "for" the subject (as opposed to a club for the study of that subject), you don't need an apostrophe. Thus, Beauville Womens Club, Screen Actors Guild, etc.
In any case, it couldn't be "screen actor's guild", as that would mean that the guild consisted of only a single actor! As there are plural actors, it would have to be "screen actors' guild".
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