Sorry, having an argument in the office, why is Ladies Night, the song, not spelt 'Lady's Night' ? Anyone here good with their grammar and spelling?
2006-07-04 04:58:42 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Okay, here's the difference:
Lady's indicates a SINGLE entity, in the possessive.
Ladies is obviously plural.
Ladies's would be incorrect, and so when adding an apostrophe+S to make a plural noun (or other noun ending in S, such as the name Chris) possessive, the S is omitted, giving you:
Ladies'
For whatever reason, the apostrophe is commonly omitted just because.
2006-07-04 05:04:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Here's the correct grammer/spelling of your question:
Why is ladies night not spelled lady's night?
Sorry, I'm having an argument in the office. Why is Ladies Night, the song, not spelled "Lady's Night?" Is anyone here good with grammer and spelling?
Here is the answer to your question: Ladies Night is correct, because if you used "Lady's night," that is the same as saying Lady is Night. Also, when you use Lady's night, that represents that the night is owned by the lady
2006-07-04 05:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The song refers to the club and bar promotions "Ladies Night". It is spelled that way because it is not about doing something nice for the Lady (as in Lady's Night) it is about bringing lots of women (or Ladies) to the bar.
Bars are advertising to the men (who buy drinks), not the women. The bar wants to bring women to the bar so the men will come. Girls Girls Girls has similar connotations, but Ladies keep their clothes.
If it was a night for more than 1 lady, it would be Ladies' - the apostrophe implies "for" or "possession". With no apostrophe it is just multiple women.
Peace!
2006-07-04 05:04:33 · answer #3 · answered by carole 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right. Lady's Night is the correct way of writing this. Ladies night doesn't actually make any sense, it's just a pluralization of Lady.
Addition: I concur. Ladies' night (with an apostrophe) implies that it is a night for the ladies, as opposed to a night for a lady.
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2006-07-04 05:00:20 · answer #4 · answered by Sitting Still 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Ladies is plural and lady's is how you would write something that bolonged to said lady. For example lady's handbag. So I guess you could say Lady's night, but it would mean they own the night, which doesn't really work.
2006-07-04 05:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok ..here goes..
lady (singular) - ladies (plural)
eg. These are ladies dresses. Today is ladies night ( meaning it is for all the females)
Second part : Possessive form. This bag is that LADY'S. My LADY'S arm is broken ( meaning your girlfriend / wife / a higher up female in the 18th century)
So the song 'LADIES NIGHT" is about a whole bunch of girls and not about a specific girl .
P.S.I have not heard this song before
2006-07-04 05:05:18 · answer #6 · answered by curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be spelled 'Ladies' Night', the night of the ladies in general, not just one :)
2006-07-04 05:01:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it should be "Ladies' Night" If you mean it is a night for more than one lady.
2006-07-05 06:47:05 · answer #8 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you are looking at it from the wrong perspective. To a dude it should be Ladies Night...meaning there will be more ladies than usual. More Ladies at a bar = more dudes at said bar spending money.
2006-07-04 05:05:19 · answer #9 · answered by intheundertow024 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"ladies" infers that there is a presence of more than one individual of the female sex, lady's is shorthand for the sentence "lady is". Think about the use of lady's night (lady is night) which doesn't make an ounce of sense, and then say ladies night (the correct and formal pronunciation)
2006-07-04 05:34:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be "Ladies' Night" - as in the nights dedicated to single women in the height of the disco era.
The punctuation should be there, but the grammar is correct.
2006-07-04 05:04:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋