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<blockquote data-quote="Grendel_Khan" data-source="post: 8588530" data-attributes="member: 7028554">The fan example is not applicable here, since the context isn't possessive. And I think you're getting tangled up in references to specific words, such as &quot;of,&quot; but English isn't a programming language. It's fluid.A fan of the genre of horror is not called a horror's fan. A fan of a sport isn't a sports' fan. If you're a fan of the thing, plural and singular don't apply, because it's not possessive. If anything, you could argue that applying an apostrophe to something like the Beatles and a fan would imply that the Beatles have one fan. Just the one. In other words, that person there isn't one of many fans of the Beatles, but the Beatles' sole fan.Anyway, we really, really should move on. The rules are the rules. The only time they're really debatable is when an &quot;incorrect&quot; usage becomes so common that it's overly fussy and distracting to always insist on the correct version. Thankfully, only NuTSR is still accidentally keeping this messed-up approach to apostrophes alive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grendel_Khan, post: 8588530, member: 7028554"] The fan example is not applicable here, since the context isn't possessive. And I think you're getting tangled up in references to specific words, such as "of," but English isn't a programming language. It's fluid. A fan[I] [/I]of the genre of horror is not called a horror's fan. A fan of a sport isn't a sports' fan. If you're a fan of the thing, plural and singular don't apply, because it's not possessive. If anything, you could argue that applying an apostrophe to something like the Beatles and a fan would imply that the Beatles have one fan. Just the one. In other words, that person there isn't one of many fans of the Beatles, but the Beatles' sole fan. Anyway, we really, [I]really[/I] should move on. The rules are the rules. The only time they're really debatable is when an "incorrect" usage becomes so common that it's overly fussy and distracting to always insist on the correct version. Thankfully, only NuTSR is still accidentally keeping this messed-up approach to apostrophes alive. [/QUOTE]

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