tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post1562752530379133757..comments2023-10-08T00:53:44.578-07:00Comments on The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar: Music to Our...Eyes?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-19087605280425027212010-04-08T14:51:42.759-07:002010-04-08T14:51:42.759-07:00Geneotto: that's arguable, but I'd argue a...Geneotto: that's arguable, but I'd argue against it.<br /><br />We can say things like “German-American club” instead of “German-Americans’ club”. But in English, we use singular (or, sometimes, collective) nouns there, rather than plurals. We say “tool box”, not “tools box”.<br /><br />So, if anything, I might go with “musician association”. But that seems sufficiently odd that I think they should stick with the plural-possessive.Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-86423069241183397252010-03-30T16:35:38.395-07:002010-03-30T16:35:38.395-07:00Is it also permissible to say Musicians Associatio...Is it also permissible to say Musicians Association without the apostrophe?geneottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969437335675523566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-48586633897196272192010-02-05T09:16:09.526-08:002010-02-05T09:16:09.526-08:00Victoria, thank you for your nice comment! I'm...Victoria, thank you for your nice comment! I'm glad you got a good laugh out of the post.Martha Brockenbroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00921299935406060841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-4824710641513372882010-02-04T18:35:23.624-08:002010-02-04T18:35:23.624-08:00I love these posts. I always try to spot the erro...I love these posts. I always try to spot the error in the photograph before I read the accompanying text. This one had me quite puzzled because I <i>thought</i> the sign was correct. I'm surprised you could not hear the loud bray of laughter when I finally read the post! Thanks for sharing this rarity! ~ VVictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747723610538336067noreply@blogger.com