[etni] Fw: re: Animal rights

----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Reifen" <patriciareifen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [etni] Fw: re: Animal rights


Perhaps it's because the apostrophe can only be used with something belonging to a person. eg: " men's rights". However, animals are not people so it is incorrect to say "animals' rights". It would have to become "the rights of animals", - just as one may say "the man's hat' but not 'the roof's colour"!

Enjoy life,
Patricia


Avraham wrote: 
A student asked me a question I could not find a reasonable answer
to. Can you help me?
 Why is it correct to say: animal rights and not animals' rights?


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