Timeline for Is it correct to say "I write children books" (not possessive case)?
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| Nov 26, 2012 at 23:34 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | My question is obviously: If one or more style guides recommend usage A, and the usage is employed in half the relevant cases (as I understand you to say in this case), what justification is there for saying that not A is more correct? | |
| Nov 26, 2012 at 22:20 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | @EdwinAshworth: The obvious answer is 'when the apostrophe is abolished'. Many people have suggested this, but I see no signs of it happening. | |
| Nov 26, 2012 at 22:04 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @TimLymington: When does childrens books become as correct as children's books? When it accounts for 51% of the usages? 60%? 98%? And who decides? After all, the rule must have once been 'never use an apostrophe' - before they were invented in the 16th Century. | |
| Nov 26, 2012 at 18:08 | history | answered | Tim Lymington | CC BY-SA 3.0 |