Follow Up Topic: Freedom Subject: China Premise: There, people are not free to assemble. Question: This means citizens must pass political censor to get a permit for gathering publicly, and if the government doesn't like what they are saying, it can shut them
Answer The answer is ‘shut them down.’The meaning is akin to “stop,” “end,” “discontinue,” #terminate” and “block.” It’s not about causing someone to be quiet. The “shutting down” is of the event, in this case.
Which is correct? ① Boys Club ② Boy’s Club ③ Boy Club ④ Boys’ Club
Answer And Explanation Well, they are all correct except number 2, but they all mean different things: First, number 2 is incorrect without an article, as in A Boy’s Club; ① Boys Club means a place you can go to find boys ② Boy’s Clubmeansone boy’s club, owned by him. ③ Boy Club either means a club for boys or a club of boys or both. ④ Boys’ Club means a place of , for and owned by boys
I have no purpose except to teach you style (which includes punctuation). There is no inappropriate reference here. I thought of this, because all around Tokyo one sees ‘Girl’s Bar,’ which is incorrect. It means one girl owns a bar, and it is incorrectly written. I didn’t use the example of a “girly bar” (the correct usage), because I think these places are sad, exploit women, fleece lonely and incapable men and ruin relationships; tragically, they offer jobs to young women who deserve to be offered government education and training programs. I did not want to call attention to girly bars. Also, in America, the Boy Scouts is sometimes referred to as a “boys club.”