Gammar Nazi's, In 'ere Please!

[p4radox]

"The book's title" is correct.

The title belongs to one book so the ' goes before the s.

Oh, and there shouldn't be an apostrophe in your thread title. Nazis is the plural of Nazi. Nazi's makes no sense.

 

[Killa_ken]

It should be Book's title as its the title OF the book.

I was always taught to whack an of in there and see if it made sense

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/ Gives a quick and easy to read guide for all your apostrophe needs.

 

[p4radox]

It should be Book's title as it's the title OF the book.

I was always taught to whack an of in there and see if it made sense

 

[Killa_ken]

get lost

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I win.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Book's title.

I am right. If you think otherwise, you are wrong.

Also, I find it slightly ironic that the OP spelt his thread title wrong

 

[Mr Gimp]

Epic fail on the title unless it was intentional

 

[GeForce]

Epic fail on the title unless it was intentional

Haha yes I was wondering that.

It's "the book's title" as far as I know; the apostrophe is used to indicate possession. It is the title of the book.

Jon

 

[mctiny]

yes, both are correct.

book title is a noun, and book's title is showing that a book possesses a title, which is currently being referred to.

wait; book cannot have possessions? not entirely sure I follow - the second is correct because the apostrophe indicates the book's possession of a title.

a book is classed as an object which in turn does not have possessions, only people/animals/places are listed in grammar books to have possessions.

 

[mctiny]

No wonder English is one of the hardest language to learn... crazyness.

Try teaching it

 

[jackthezipper]

the title of the book

Easier all round.

 

[mctiny]

I win.

you win nothing, this is no competition.

 

[mctiny]

Epic fail on the title unless it was intentional

Epic Win (in internet speak) actually

Eats shoots and leaves

 

[Ace Modder]

My sons name is called Lewis.


What is the correct grammar for the following...

Lewis's school is far away
There are 3 Lewis's in his class

I have never known lol

 

[Lydzor]

You can use Lewis's or Lewis' for possession or for saying "Lewis is".

Editted due to Evangelion: Don't know why i said plural instead of implying it means a letter is missing, pretty weird.

 

[p4radox]

My sons name is called Lewis.


What is the correct grammar for the following...

Lewis's school is far away
There are 3 Lewis's in his class

I have never known lol

"My sons name is called Lewis" doesn't make sense.

My son's name is Lewis.
My son is called Lewis.

One or the other.



"Lewis's school is far away" is correct.
"There are three boys named Lewis in his class".

 

[mctiny]

Haha yes I was wondering that.

It's "the book's title" as far as I know; the apostrophe is used to indicate possession. It is the title of the book.

Jon

This is exactly what I was thinking, but every grammar book I read only had the basic rules which state what can have possessions and "Book" being classed as an object did not fall in to the "possession" category in said grammar books, hence the reason for this thread.

 

[Mr Gimp]

Eats shoots and leaves

You a panda?

 

[Mr^B]

It's not about 'possessions'? it's about possessIVE.

A book 'has' many things; a colour, an author (or more than one author), a title, mass, volume, isbn number, etc etc.

I'd take those grammar books back and ask for a refund.