To meat or not to meat

Apparently, grammar mistakes are not just a problem in America. Texas native Emily Threlkeld found this typo on a menu in Italy last year. . .

There should not be an apostrophe (or an "s") after "meat" in this description because the meat does not own the sauce. Therefore, the menu should read like this:

"tortellini with meat sauce"

I guess the only person who could rightfully claim ownership of the sauce would be the person who made it, which is why the apostrophe in "Newman's Own Spaghetti Sauce" is correct.

Therefore, the grammar rule is the same as last time . . .

GRAMMAR RULE: Use an apostrophe to denote possession.

Can we blame Nurse Ratched?

A student named Brittany Crowley had to go the hospital last week and, while she was there, found this example of nurses who don't know that they OWN the nurses' station and should, therefore, put an apostrophe after the "s" in "nurses" . . .

The corrected version of this sign would read like this:

"Nurses' Station phone number."

(Note: the apostrophe goes after the "s" in "nurses" because there is more than one nurse to whom the station belongs.)

GRAMMAR RULE: Use an apostrophe to denote possession.