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Old 11-30-2005   #3
Jeremy
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Default Re: Grammar Police People

Quote:
Originally Posted by selena
One of the words on the list is class's.
Context is everything, apart from which particular Style Guide is in fashion.

Class as you've written it there is singular, no? As in, one class containing several people.

The Times publishes its, but it's a UK one which may not be in fashion in the US:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,2941,00.html

It recommends writing "as voiced".

EG:

The class's project. (One class, one project).
The class's projects. (One class, several projects).
The classes' project. (Several classes, one project).
The classes' projects. (Several classes, several projects).
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