Editing Apostrophe (section)

====Possessives in names of organizations====
Sometimes the apostrophe is omitted in the names of clubs, societies, and other organizations, even though the standard principles seem to require it: ''[[Country Women's Association]]'', but ''International Aviation {{sic|Wom|ens|hide=yes}} Association'';<ref>[http://www.iawa.org/ International Aviation {{sic|Wom|ens|hide=yes}} Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083405/http://www.iawa.org/ |date=25 April 2012}}. IAWA.org. Retrieved on 7 April 2013.</ref> ''[[Magistrates' Court of Victoria]]'',<ref>Spelled both with and without the apostrophe at [http://www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au/ the court's own home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513164253/http://www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au/ |date=13 May 2012}}; but spelled with the apostrophe in Victorian legislation, such as [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/mca1989214/ Magistrates' Court Act, 1989] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206103610/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/mca1989214/ |date=6 December 2008}}.</ref> but ''[[Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union]]''. Usage is variable and inconsistent. Style guides typically advise consulting an official source for the standard form of the name (as one would do if uncertain about other aspects of the spelling of the name); some tend towards greater prescriptiveness, for or against such an apostrophe.{{NoteTag|''Gregg Reference Manual'', 10th edition, 2003, distinguishes between what it calls ''possessive'' and ''descriptive'' forms, and uses this distinction in analyzing the problem. From paragraph&nbsp;628: "a.&nbsp;Do not mistake a descriptive form ending in ''s'' for a possessive form[:] sales effort (sales describes the kind of effort)... b.&nbsp;Some cases can be difficult to distinguish. Is it ''the girls basketball team'' or ''the girls' basketball team?'' Try substituting an irregular plural like ''women''. You would not say ''the women basketball team''; you would say ''the women's basketball team''. By analogy, ''the girls' basketball team'' is correct" [italics given exactly as in original, including following punctuation]. (However in this case the phrase in question is not part of the name: the words are not capitalised!) And then this principle is applied to organizations at paragraph&nbsp;640, where examples are given, including the non-conforming ''Childrens Hospital, (in Los Angeles)'': "The names of many organizations, products, and publications contain words that could be considered either possessive or descriptive terms... c. In all cases follow the organization's preference when known."}} As the case of ''{{sic|wom|ens|hide=yes}}'' shows, it is not possible to analyze these forms simply as non-possessive plurals, since ''women'' is the only correct plural form of ''woman''.