Off Topic The pedant's are revolting.

Mary Tyler-Moore

 

She was the mother of Brian Moore and Martin Tyler.

 

Dialogue between Bessie Braddock & Winston Churchill in the House of Commons.

Braddock: "Winston, you are drunk, and what's more you are disgustingly drunk. "
Churchill: "Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly

 

Nope. Definitely "Pedants' ". There is more than one of them in the picture.

 

So you are agreeing with me that the apostrophe is a mistake?

 

Not at all.

I'm saying the the apostrophe in the original post image is correct and the one in your post was wrong. The correct answer is "pedants' " where I read it that you were suggesting it should be "pedant's" which is wrong.

Unless I misunderstood the meaning of your post. Feel free to correct me though if I misunderstood your point. Pedantry is fun.

 

I think (but I'm not sure) that Castro was actually referring to the thread title, not the opening post. My theory is DMD got it wrong on purpose in the title. Maybe.

 

Okay, that makes sense, which is why I explained, at what appears to be tedious length, what my comment was referring to.

In hindsight, would it not be "pedants" without the apostrophe or can it be both?

 

The Cabinet Re-shuffle of July 1962, when Macmillan sacked 7 members of his Cabinet.
It was said of him:
"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life."

 

I was indeed pointing out, in a non-pedantic way of course, that the thread title was incorrect. Especially ironic given that it was peasants' was spelt correctly in the illustration. Which is why I put the smiley in. To be fair, it might have been a case of autocorrect causing it.
Probably both pedants or pedants' would be acceptable.

 

Singular: pedant, pedant's
Plural: pedants, pedants'

 

Nancy Astor to Winston Churchill "If you were my husband I would poison your tea".
Churchill in reply to NancyAstor "If you were my wife I would drink it".

 

Yes, but are both plurals correct in the possessive?

 

OK then..

Pedant; pedants
Pedant's; pedants'

 

But, when a group of them have a revolt is it a pedants revolt or a pedants' revolt? Or either?

 

Pedants', surely.

 

You are Polly and he is obtuse.

 

Did that link I sent you work, btw?

 

Yes, thanks. Not used to Dropbox, but worked it out.

Who's the singer, by the way?

He's ****.

 

I can find out for you.