Grammar folk, put the apostrophe in the correct place in the following sentance:

[Northerner]

If you combined every member of the teams yearly experience

Where would it go in the word teams? BIG debate here in office chez northerner.

Ta very muchly.

Ok, just because this is a grammar thread, I'm going to say, Oliver Sachs woman, that you want "affects" there.

(Effects is nearly always a noun. Affect is nearly always a verb.)

the problem with these threads is that we none of us pay much attention to what we type on mn. (well I don;t anyway) hardly merits serious proof-reading does it. damn. damn. damn. you are of course right that it should have been affect but I don;t agree that effect is hardly ever a verb. It's a more unusual verb than affect but not that unusual.

It has a different meaning though - affect means (approx) have an effect on and effect means (approx) to take effect.

The only time I ever see "effect" used as a verb is in the phrase "to effect a change". Hmm, looked it up: 'to bring about; accomplish'. Really only used in a jargony annoying way. (And affect, as a noun, is really only used in a psych way.)

[counter-pedantic attack]I never said it had the same meaning nor did my post imply that it had. In fact it implies the opposite, otherwise why would I have conceded that the original sentence should have used "affect"

touche

I think you'll find an acute accent is required.

Touché.

And, as you are a MEMBER of the gentler sex, may I suggest:

Touchée ?

Oh you showoff, M Hub, with your MEMBERs and your é's

(Can you switch keyboards with a Mac or do you do it with numbers?)

Easier than that JanH... you hit the option key and then e and it goes into acute mode, you can then hit e, a etc... same with umlauts etc.

Macs rock.