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Fathers' or Father's

(8 Posts)
Ella46 Sun 16-Jun-13 10:06:55

See what I mean!! grin

Pittcity Sun 16-Jun-13 09:56:30

Surely it depends how many fathers you are talking about.

The US government has stated that Father's/Mother's etc is correct because it is a day for each person to celebrate just one person.
All the commercial cards I have seen say Father's ....just one Father each!

But when writing about the Day as a day for all Fathers it would be Fathers' Day confused

There is also the argument that as Fathers do not own the day it should have no apostrophe.....

j08 Sun 16-Jun-13 09:53:01

Poor bugger usually gets totally forgotten in our house anyway.

j08 Sun 16-Jun-13 09:51:53

you choose

Ella46 Sun 16-Jun-13 09:43:38

Oh Bags, these threads have made me paranoid grin
I'm ok with the 'if a word is missing' apostrophe, but the possessive plural/single one throws me into confusion!

petallus Sun 16-Jun-13 09:35:34

Fathers'

Can't believe I've contributed to Pedants' Corner grin

whenim64 Sun 16-Jun-13 09:33:02

Fathers'......!

Bags Sun 16-Jun-13 09:26:24

Day?