"Today's" or "todays"?

[LissaJous]

2- anyone who starts a thread with "today's" in the title has their fell running shoes confiscated for a year

Opinions differ as to whether it should be "today's" :closed: or "todays"
maddaddy went with grammatical orthodoxy; increasingly, local councils have decided to abolish the apostrophe. So there we are..

See you in a year

[dominion]

Opinions differ as to whether it should be "today's" :closed: or "todays"
maddaddy went with grammatical orthodoxy; increasingly, local councils have decided to abolish the apostrophe. So there we are..

See you in a year

The original "Today's" thread, http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...day-s-Training set the precedent of being Today's, not todays. Although looking down the list of Today's threads even I appear to be consistently inconsistent...

Losing my fell running shoes for a year will hardly be a loss!

Is it "fellrunning shoes" or "fell running shoes" ???

[Splatcher]

Speaking as an unrepentant pedant and GOM, it's not a matter of opinion at all. And local councils can run themselves as they see fit, including using incorrect English, as long as they continue to represent the people appropriately. They can't abolish the apostrophe, although they are free to abuse it if they wish. In the context of forum thread names, "Today's" is correct, and "Todays" is incorrect. I'm not voting on it, as it's not a matter of opinion (in my pedantic view).

[noel]

Speaking as an unrepentant pedant and GOM, it's not a matter of opinion at all. And local councils can run themselves as they see fit, including using incorrect English, as long as they continue to represent the people appropriately. They can't abolish the apostrophe, although they are free to abuse it if they wish. In the context of forum thread names, "Today's" is correct, and "Todays" is incorrect. I'm not voting on it, as it's not a matter of opinion (in my pedantic view).

I'll second that.

Or rather not, because you're not voting.

[XRunner]

I still think that two days is correct.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow are all singular and cannot have plural forms.

[XRunner]

Yesterday is all singular and cannot have a plural form.

Unless you are Shakespeare:

She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing. — Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 17-28)

[Alf]

I blame those grocers

[Martyn P]

Speaking as an unrepentant pedant and GOM, it's not a matter of opinion at all. And local councils can run themselves as they see fit, including using incorrect English, as long as they continue to represent the people appropriately. They can't abolish the apostrophe, although they are free to abuse it if they wish. In the context of forum thread names, "Today's" is correct, and "Todays" is incorrect. I'm not voting on it, as it's not a matter of opinion (in my pedantic view).

* loud applause * :thumbup:

[Livi]

Correct use of the humble apostrophe is quite simple but important to ensure the correct meaning of the word is understood. It's not a matter of opinion.
www.eng-lang.co.uk/apostrophe_rules.htm
Simples!

[LissaJous]

I blame those grocers

Do you mean Sainsburies?