members members members area | WordReference Forums Members' is correct as member's would mean that there is only one member Also, re the correctness or otherwise of your third option, you might want to read this recent thread
members present vs present members | WordReference Forums I’m wondering how far the grammatical principle of word order seen in “present” stretches “Present members” means those who have the membership of the group whereas “members present” means people present at a particular meeting The posterior adjective seems to me to counter the English
all members of the staff - WordReference Forums all of the staff members all of the members of the staff all staff members all members of the staff I wrote the 4th sentence and Duolingo (a language learning tool) marked it as wrong That seemed odd to me and I am trying to figure out if the sentence is indeed wrong for some reason or if it is just a flaw in the tool Thanks in advance!
any member any members - WordReference Forums I would like to know if in this announcement it is correct to say any member any members or both are right Will any member any members of security staff please go to check-in-desk 11 Thanks
founder member vs charter member - WordReference Forums Thus, a founding member would be one of the charter members, but a charter member would not necessarily be one of the founders Google founder member and you will see it used in many places
Collective nouns - the family lt;has, have gt; - WordReference Forums It takes a plural verb when it refers to the members of the group considered as individuals, as in My family are always fighting among themselves But in British English: In British usage, however, collective nouns are more often treated as plurals: The government have not announced a new policy The team are playing in the test matches
Family members help each other. - WordReference Forums Could "members" be omitted and just say "Family help each other" instead? This sounds pretty unlikely to me in American English Perhaps another member can tell you whether it sounds normal in British English
its members vs the members - WordReference Forums So to say "its" members is true of the students, and certainly true of the tutors (not every college has a nuclear physicist on the staff, for example) But if you use "their" it means you're talking about all the colleges together