Sunday, May 5, 2013

grammatical number - The plural form of: One's life work

I'm editing an essay about the two founders of a software company, and there is a sentence that currently reads:





They have made it their live's work..."




This looks and feels wrong, but I'm having a brain fart and need some help. Should it be:




  • Their life's work

  • Their live's work

  • Their lives work


  • Their lifes work



What's the correct way to write this?






Please reconsider opening this question, which was closed for being off topic. The "specific source of concern in the text" has indeed been identified, it's been highlighted clearly and several alternatives have been offered by the OP. And as FumbleFingers commented:





...it seems pretty obvious from the comments here that we're not dealing with a trivial issue that could have a single obvious answer.


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