While writing Shadowmagic 2 (yes I’m working on it and I’m about 55,000 words in) I wrote the following sentence in reference to a scene where my male characters get away for a drink without the women. It has sparked a contaversy with my gentle readers:
It was nice having a boys night.
Should it be written boys or boy’s or even boys’ ?
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2,May, 2008 at 12:16 am |
I would think it’s “boys’ night.” The night belongs to all the boys, so it’s a plural possessive.
2,May, 2008 at 7:41 am |
Chia is correct.
And you know where I am if you need any in-depth advice! 😉
2,May, 2008 at 4:44 pm |
Funny, I was just wondering how to write the possessive in my own paper.
Hey, great to hear there’s a Shadowmagic 2 in the works! I just began my fourth listen through of the first one (not in a row, but it is my favorite podiobook of all time). I’ll certainly stay tuned to hear of its development (singular possessive gets no ‘, right?).
2,May, 2008 at 7:01 pm |
boys’ night is correct. Just so long as you didn’t spend oer 3 hours deciding…..
3,May, 2008 at 7:17 am |
How about changing ‘nice’ to something better?!!