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Old 19th Sep 2008, 07:39
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Originally Posted by It's Not Working
Pingdit



Close but not close enough, you might be right one day but not just yet. They should read:

WOs' and SNCOs' Mess
Pingdit is more correct.

The abbrevation of a plural is not shown so that Warrant Officer and Warrant Officers is WO and the possessive for either is thus WO's.

However I believe it would also be correct to say Warrant Officers's Mess.

However many pedants would avoid this by eloquent variation and say Mess or Messes for Warrant Officers.
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