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Threes and out vs three and outs

fitzdawg

Second or third time I've heard BA refer to it as threes and out. Ive always said three and outs when referring to multiple 3 and outs. See there I did it again.

Is he grammatically (or just football terms) correct?

I know I bring only more controversy to this board so I please ask that everyone be civil. Please

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jwithnell

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/355406#Comment_355406

Life-long writer and editor here -- your advice regarding the plural noun plus modifier is spot on. Your explanation regarding the apostrophe is questionable unless it's specific to legal writing. That punctuation denotes possession or stands in for missing letters: Greg's dog can't bark. I don't see the function for what you're saying.

deutcshland_dawg

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/355406#Comment_355406

random english question i've had numerous night shift debates on. My last name is Lowerts so when my wife and I were both present on the ops floor would it be Sgt Lowerts's, Lowerts' or Lowerti?

BiffLowman

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/355387#Comment_355387

Why is there the need for an apostrophe before the s?

As an English teacher and someone who likes to correct people silently (most of the time), I have not seen this used.

Savage

RBIs or RsBI....tomatoe tomotoe.

As a court appointed friend once told me, do what makes you happy....then wait for somebody on here to correct you.

fitzdawg

The debate is heating up

pocoyo

HBTFDs

Herschel_Talker

Interesting, you learn something every day. I haven't seen the apostrophe in that scenario. I have always thought....

A "three and out"

Those "three and out"s

mattmd2

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/355567#Comment_355567

*HBTFD's

Loranwhaddayagot

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/355387#Comment_355387

Thanks for this!

Don't forget son-in-laws...that drives me nuts...it's sons-in-law!

GrayDawg

Thought I stumbled into the nerds message board for a minute.

TuckyDawg

I said three and outs a lot in the 4th qtr against LSU. Such as, How many &^%$# three and outs, can one team have.

CTDawg

Petition to rename the phrase “three-and-out” to “offensive offense”.

”Dad, we had four offensive offenses in the second half alone”.

darklango

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/355387#Comment_355387

I will never understand

BiffLowman

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/355712#Comment_355712

*I ain't never gonna understand.

AnotherDawg

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/355468#Comment_355468

I figured as much Brandon. And I imagine most fans don't care one way or the other.

For those who do, the distinction is that "in-law" is a modifier for "sister" (so sisters gets pluralized just like courts martial and attorneys general), whereas "and out" does not modify "three." In other words, "three and out" is a phrase whereas sister-in-law is not.

But I think you should keep saying it like you do just for fun!