2006-12-03 22:08:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's "men's magazine".
Another example:
* It is the Iraqi Sunni people's right to vote = it is the right of one group of people to vote, i.e. the Sunni people.
* It's is the Iraqi peoples' right to vote = it is the right of all the different groups of Iraqi people to vote. (Sunni, Shi'ite, Kurds, etc.)
2006-12-07 19:37:05 · answer #1 · answered by haardvarx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer is men's magazine. Generally, when the plural of a word does not end in an s, then the appostrophe is added before the s.
(i tell my students if the s isn't already there then stick it there with the appostrophe first.)
2006-12-04 06:12:05 · answer #2 · answered by Mckayla M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as men is already plural the apostrophe can only come after men: men's magazines
2006-12-07 04:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by excellence 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the plural has been formed by adding -s, then the apostrophe (I hope mckayla m revises her spelling of that word, if she is a teacher) goes after the "s".
If the plural is formed some other way, it goes after the "s".
So: men's, women's, children's, people's, oxen's.
I'm not sure about sheep, though. If there was a flock of them, would you write the sheep's tails, or the sheeps' tails? The latter, I suspect, but I'm not sure why.
2006-12-04 20:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by andrew f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is men's magazines.
A plural, such as dogs (as in more than one dog) would require an apostrophe after the word when used possesively, as in - the two dogs' water bowls are lost. Or - my two kids' toys are everywhere. (if you had one kid, it would naturally be - my kid's toys are everywhere).
However, a collective word such as men, or children, is in effect singular because it is 'one' collection of something. So it is - men's health, children's toys.
If you just google 'apostrophe rules', you'll get the same answer.
2006-12-04 06:22:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men's.
"Men" is already plural, so to make it possessive, add 's.
Mens' would be like saying that the magazine is for many 'mens'.
Bad grammar.
2006-12-04 06:17:31 · answer #6 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the word, 'men' is already plural, then the apostrophe should be placed before the 's', i.e. men's.
2006-12-04 16:46:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
men's magazine
2006-12-08 04:28:49 · answer #8 · answered by Tolu A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men is plural for Man so it's Men's Magazines.
it has to do with ownership, or something along those lines
2006-12-04 06:17:59 · answer #9 · answered by Tbees 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long have you been learning this language? The pity is that grammar books are gradually disappearing, with many preferring to learn a language just by "hear-say". My answer to your question is: Go back to grammar and you will save yourself much headache later
2006-12-04 06:31:06 · answer #10 · answered by Paleologus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋