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fleursdespyrenees Posts 1473 Registration date Wednesday January 30, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen November 26, 2009 - Apr 2, 2008 at 03:04 PM
fleursdespyrenees Posts 1473 Registration date Wednesday January 30, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen November 26, 2009 - May 23, 2008 at 05:27 PM
Member's corner and not Members' corner ?
CCM is a community of members !
Member's corner means in French : le coin/café du membre ! This place is not an individual place ! It is to share opinions and not to live alone !
It would be better if this place is called : Members' corner : le café des membres !
It's just a suggestion !
And it is only mine!

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kilian Posts 8732 Registration date Thursday September 18, 2003 Status Moderator Last seen February 5, 2025 1
Apr 3, 2008 at 07:31 PM
Oops you're right :-)
fleursdespyrenees Posts 1473 Registration date Wednesday January 30, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen November 26, 2009
Apr 3, 2008 at 08:06 PM
oh, thanks kilian !
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kilian Posts 8732 Registration date Thursday September 18, 2003 Status Moderator Last seen February 5, 2025 1
Apr 3, 2008 at 08:36 PM
But sometimes in french we avoid the use of plural to represent a general meaning.
The Member's corner would mean in french "Le coin du membre" which could be understanded as general...
You see?
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fleursdespyrenees Posts 1473 Registration date Wednesday January 30, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen November 26, 2009
Apr 3, 2008 at 10:05 PM
So in that case, it's not a possessive case but a simple noun complement ! So : Member corner !
fleursdespyrenees Posts 1473 Registration date Wednesday January 30, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen November 26, 2009
May 23, 2008 at 05:27 PM
or -if you like - why not - : Members corner.
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fleursdespyrenees Posts 1473 Registration date Wednesday January 30, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen November 26, 2009
Apr 3, 2008 at 10:09 PM
... which could be understood as general... ;-)
kilian Posts 8732 Registration date Thursday September 18, 2003 Status Moderator Last seen February 5, 2025 1
Apr 4, 2008 at 06:23 AM
understood

:D sorry