I've read a great article about the usage of apostrophes. But there are still some points that are unclear.
Why do we say...
- school project but not school's project?
- car service but not car's service or even cars' service (plural form)?
- apostrophe usage but not apostrophe's usage or apostrophes' usage?
Answer
Because all three are compound nouns, which have nothing to do with the Saxon genitive. "Car service" is a type of service. "Car's service" would be service owned by a car. Much like railway is a type of way, not a way belonging to a rail. Compounds don't have to be written as one word, though. That is all.
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