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Jul 2024
11:57am, 19 Jul 2024
5,936 posts
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paulcook
Thinking a bit out loud, the second option for whether might not necessarily be "or not". I might be barking up the wrong tree.
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Jul 2024
1:07pm, 19 Jul 2024
5,738 posts
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JCB
Whether you are barking up the wrong tree or the right one. Or the middle one.
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Jul 2024
1:54pm, 19 Jul 2024
5,940 posts
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paulcook
Exactly.
I nearly tried something similar.
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Jul 2024
6:45am, 20 Jul 2024
68,937 posts
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LindsD
From my daughter's school: A little reminder that Result's day is on Thursday 15th and the office will be open from 7.30am onwards.
It had never occurred to me to apostrophise results. But surely if we do, it's results', isn't it? Should it have an apostrophe at all?
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Jul 2024
7:58am, 20 Jul 2024
18,975 posts
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JamieKai *chameleon*
My uneducated opinion is that it shouldn't have an apostrophe. There's nothing missing (not Result is), and it's not possession (the day of the result).
But I'm watching for the smart people to come in on this 
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Jul 2024
8:04am, 20 Jul 2024
8,685 posts
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um
I went for AI help (still in my fressing gown and not 'smart')
The use of an apostrophe in "Results Day" depends on the specific context and meaning you want to convey:
Results Day (no apostrophe): This is the most common form. It treats "Results" as an attributive noun (a noun used as an adjective). It means a day associated with results, and no ownership is implied. For example, "Results Day" is similar to "Sports Day" or "Graduation Day."
Result's Day (with apostrophe before the 's'): This form implies that the day belongs to a single result, which is unusual and not typically correct for the intended meaning.
Results' Day (with apostrophe after the 's'): This form suggests that the day belongs to multiple results, which is also not commonly used or necessary.
Therefore, the correct and widely accepted form is Results Day without an apostrophe.
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Jul 2024
8:05am, 20 Jul 2024
8,686 posts
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um
dressing not fressing though !
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Jul 2024
8:12am, 20 Jul 2024
50,484 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
The one that always gets me is two weeks salary. It is the salary of two weeks so should it be two weeks' salary? Or is it "attributive" as AI above says so no apostrophe required?
I've also never heard attributive before. Is that a well known grammatical term? G
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Jul 2024
8:15am, 20 Jul 2024
3,372 posts
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Muttley
Yup, Results Day and attributive.
And yup, two weeks' salary because salary for two weeks.
Hypothetically, if two weeks were to be attributive it would have to be hypenated. And would lose the final s: two-week salary. But nobody says that.
I think.
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Jul 2024
9:06am, 20 Jul 2024
4,408 posts
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NordRunner
I dunno. My retirement has been like a six-year holiday.
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