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Comment by Christi Massey on October 9, 2012 at 12:27

Yeah, if it didn't have "the," the apostrophe is golden.  LOL  :)

I'm doing well.  :)  I don't report anymore these days.  I just do proofing and scoping from home.  Seems not having MO cut me out of the market.  Cest la vie, right?  How's your venture going???

Comment by Janiece Young on October 9, 2012 at 12:25

Thanks, Christi.  In the dark recesses of my mind I thought "the" affected whether it should be possessive.

How is it going?  Where are you reporting now?

Comment by Christi Massey on October 9, 2012 at 12:23

NO, it's NOT possessive.  It has THE before Seals.  The "the" negates possession.  Since saying Seals' office means "the office of the Seals," it's redundant and WRONG to put an apostrophe on it.

Comment by Cindy Clark on October 9, 2012 at 12:05

I hear ya!  I get these blank spots every now and then, and I feel like I'm mentally pulling out every single drawer in my brain trying to find what I KNOW I know!!  LOL

Comment by Janiece Young on October 9, 2012 at 11:59

Thank you all.  I know that.  I feel like an idiot asking but I'm so bleary eyed I needed some reinforcement.  :-)

Comment by Cindy Clark on October 9, 2012 at 11:58

Yep.  An apostrophe is needed, Jeaniece.  It's possessive (it's their office).

Comment by LeAnne Law on October 9, 2012 at 10:53

And yes, it does need the apostrophe.  It is the office of the Seals. 

Comment by LeAnne Law on October 9, 2012 at 10:52

If the company name is Seals, then the the possessive is Seals'.

Comment by Janiece Young on October 9, 2012 at 10:23

Again, I am so brain dead.  

I want to know should this be possessive?  I'm asking about Seals.  That is the name of this company.  So when they say Seals' office, should I make that possessive or not?

Thanks,

Janiece

Q. Would you agree that you go to work at an office within 100 miles of the Seals' office and perform tasks that are listed as prohibited tasks in paragraph No. 1?

Comment by Quyen on October 7, 2012 at 8:45

:)  Welcome.

"Preference rules/styles" don't stick probably because people go back and forth all the time on them.

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