These wipes are handy for general household cleaning, but the label always makes me grind my teeth.

geekIT:

 

 

We use these wipes for general household cleaning, but the label always makes me grind my teeth.

 

Little One's wipes. Nothing wrong with that.

Just to help with your peace of mind...

You could interpret it as a simple possessive - for your hypothetical infant...
       eg: "These are the little one's..."
with 'a*se wipes' the implied (but missing) noun and object of your infant's possession. 

Fixed...

geekIT:

 

 

Fixed...

 

Yeah but it didn’t really need your three-word edit - it was quite OK and acceptable as it was - that they are for little ones is implied by the apostrophe.

 

Yeah but it didn’t really need your three-word edit - it was quite OK and acceptable as it was - that they are for little ones is implied by the apostrophe.

 

Actually, what you've written is not correct, Grumpy Person. If they were for 'little ones', implying plural ownership, the apostrophe would be after the 's', eg, 'little ones'. A more correct label would be, 'For Little Ones'. Or, more inclusively, "Wipes - for small ones' big ones or little ones."

geekIT:

 

 

Yeah but it didn’t really need your three-word edit - it was quite OK and acceptable as it was - that they are for little ones is implied by the apostrophe.

 

 

Actually, what you've written is not correct, Grumpy Person. If they were for 'little ones', implying plural ownership, the apostrophe would be after the 's', eg, 'little ones'. A more correct label would be, 'For Little Ones'. Or, more inclusively, "Wipes - for small ones' big ones or little ones."

 

Sorry, not right. The apostrophe is possessive: 'For your little one's (bottom)'. The object is implied. In other words, for the backside of your little one. Not plural, just your singular baby, though it could refer to more than one baby, but that is not specified.

I think it applies to many babies.

So I suppose the question is, is it a possessive pronoun = one's or just a noun = ones?

As 'one' can be a pronoun because it can refer to an individual. In this case the pack of wipes is referring to many individuals, 'pronouns', and the wipes belong to someone therefore they are 'possessive'.

In this case:

'For your' = possession

'little' = adjective

'one's' = pronoun in the plural = pronouns

Therefore it is a 'possessive pronoun' and the wording and punctuation on the pack is correct.

Heh...

That's this coming Mondy.

geekIT:

 

 

Yeah but it didn’t really need your three-word edit - it was quite OK and acceptable as it was - that they are for little ones is implied by the apostrophe.

 

 

Actually, what you've written is not correct, Grumpy Person. If they were for 'little ones', implying plural ownership, the apostrophe would be after the 's', eg, 'little ones'. A more correct label would be, 'For Little Ones'. Or, more inclusively, "Wipes - for small ones' big ones or little ones."

 

I was aware of and did think of that single/plural issue when I wrote that. I satisfied myself that it was correct as a singular ‘little one’ - because anyone using the product can only use it on one kid at a time. There’s only a single little one in their focus when they go to the wipes pack. Even if you buy two or more packs at a time, they are still Little One’s packs.

But yes, maybe I should have said “that they are for Little One is implied by the apostrophe”.

Still think the pack printing is fine as it is - or can legitimately be interpreted to be fine.

😃

Fred99:

 

Heh...

 

 

Apart from 'Mondy' (Maundy?), I'm wondering what the poster's author intended.

Did he\she mean that teachers should strike? TEACHERS, STRIKE. (! implied)

Or that there's to be a meeting about the intention of teachers to strike? In which case, IMHO, it should read TEACHERS' STRIKE.

Or could it be an indication that teachers (in general) have no intention of promoting them new-fangled possessive apostrophes?

Fred99:

 

Heh...

 

 

I did read somewhere that there were two individuals calling for a teachers strike or protest. Interestingly neither were registered as teachers. That might explain the spelling error. 

Technofreak:

 

I did read somewhere that there were two individuals calling for a teachers strike or protest. Interestingly neither were registered as teachers. That might explain the spelling error. 

 

As most parents will be able to attest to, being a teacher is no assurance of the ability to know how to correctly use apostrophes! The written material we get from our kids' schools (one primary, the other secondary) often contains pretty obvious grammatical errors.

I think I found the article you're referencing - it says:

 

An event set up on Facebook last night called for teachers to breach the health order and attend an in-person strike in Auckland to protest against the new mandate. The creators were Nicolle Porterfield and Greg McInnes, neither of whom are registered as teachers on the Teaching Council's website.

 

Porterfield told the Herald she had worked in early childhood education in the past and was studying education, so the mandate would affect her when she graduated.

 

The page had been taken down because of the controversy aimed at its creators but not before more than 300 people had expressed an interest over two hours.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-teacher-two-teacher-aides-quit-over-mandated-vaccinations/B4YNDASC2UCJJROPY3WQ42N7VY/