There is - women's.
The day is the possessive of the plural.
The women possessed the day, hence it was women's day.
This is interesting. It is written in many instances as women's day, but as the possessive of the plural, I believe it should actually be womens' day.
Edit:
I had to follow this through. Women's is actually correct, and I should have thought about this more deeply before drinking beer and flapping the gums.
The following 'rules' are relevant:
Plural nouns that do NOT end in S
Now, not all plural nouns end in S.
For example, child is a singular noun. We can say:
- The child's toys are on the floor.
(This refers to the toys of ONE child)
How can we say the same thing but referring to more than one child?
The plural of child is children. So our sentence is now:
- The children's toys are on the floor.
Yes, children is a plural noun but it does NOT end in S, so we just add an apostrophe S to the end.
Children's toys means the toys of the children.
Remember, the plural of child is children, NOT childrens.
So the rule is: Plural nouns NOT ending in S… we add apostrophe S.
- The children's camping trip.
This refers to the camping trip of the children.
(Child is singular. The plural of child is children.)
- He always corrects people's grammar.
This refers to the grammar of different people.
(Person is singular. The plural of person is people.)
- The men's toilet is disgusting.
This refers to the toilet for the men, that is used by men.
(Man is singular. The plural of man is men.)
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Here endeth today's lesson. :smiles:
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