Talk:Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School

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Apostrophe Controversy

Should there not be some mention in this article of the horrendous misuse of an apostrophe in the school's name? A "girls school" is a group noun; the school does not belong to the girls as "girls' school" would imply. In fact, would anyone object to my getting rid of the apostrophe? If I don't get any objections, I'll assume that's the proverbial "go-ahead". SRESQ (talk) 11:24, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Absolute nonsense. A girls' school is a school for girls, not a school belonging to girls. It is true that in modern English the principal use of the genitive case is to indicate possession or ownership, so much so that it is more commonly referred to as the "possessive" than the "genitive". Nevertheless, other uses do still remain in use: for example, John does not possess or own John's father, and the Democratic party does not possess or own the Republican party, although it is clearly the Democratic party's rival. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:40, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm not so sure it's "absolute nonsense". The Democratic Party (with capital 'P') does indeed possess the republican party as a rival, hence "the Democratic Party's rival", but not "the Democratic Party's Republican Party". SRESQ (talk) 16:48, 29 October 2011 (UTC)