Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please

date posted 15th January 2004 14:21

On Thursday 15 Jan 2004 1:28 pm, carrie wrote:
> I cannot force my neighbours to buy a bin and use it, and I can see no
> reason whatsoever why I should be compelled to mop up other peoples'
> childrens' faeces.
>
> Is that right? or should it be peoples'children' faeces.

One step at a time.
Children belonging to other people -> "other people's children".
Faeces belonging to children -> "children's faeces".

Hence: "other people's children's faeces".

I'm not a grammar guru. I'm a grammar *fascist*.

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