Re: Worker's or Workers Comp?

Thanks........I'll be sure to send you the address of the mental hospital so
you can all send me cards and flowers.
lol

"Sandi" <sanditypes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yeah, I know. That's why I posted it. LOL

Sandi

"Kathycarp" <kathycarp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There ya go... that kind of thinking is what starts the circle...

--
Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"Sandi" <sanditypes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Of course, there is also the idea that it is compensation to the
worker,
singular, who is injured, which would make worker's comp correct...

Sandi

"Christie" <transcription@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Funny, but that's the one thing that hasn't been driving me nuts -
years
ago, I was told it was absolutely NOT Workers', even though that made
the
most sense to me. As you mentioned, they can call themselves anything
they
want, so I figured the person who told me knew what she was talking
about
and never questioned. This was before my MT days (and before the
internet)
so I just gritted my teeth and accepted it. Now I know better. ;-)
Thanks!
(I've gotta pick up that Eats, Shoots, and Leaves book.)


"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I read an article on this recently and I cannot find the
documentation.
First of all, according to the punctuation book Eats, Shoots, and
Leaves a
company can call themselves any title they want, and if they leave
out
the
apostrophe in their official title, then it is correct to use the
title
as
they use it, sans apostrophe--it shows their ignorance, not yours.

I definitely read somewhere recently that the "official" government
agency
was Workers Compensation, without the apostrophe, and that is how it
should
be written, and that is how I have been doing it since I read that.
HOWEVER, in trying to document that I cannot. In fact when I go to
the
site
workers compensation.gov I see it written most often as Workers'
Compensation. However, Workman/workmen/workmen's Compensation is
incorrect.
That is NOT the name, even though it is frequently used. It is
Workers'
Compensation. Using the term Work Comp is an abbreviation, and I
would
think it would not be correct to use it in medical transcription.

So, that's the most "official" ruling I have been able to find and
from
now
on I will put the apostrophe back in AFTER the "s".

Barb C.
"JAM" <jamalloy@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Christie wrote:
Why isn't it "Worker's" compensation? You aren't compensating all
of
them,
just ones that are injured. What makes it even more confusing to
me
is
that
it used to be "Workmans Compensation." Shouldn't that be -men if
they
really meant it to be plural?

I used to transcribe a lot of workers' comp hearings, and we were
told
that the apostrophe goes after the "s." Also, it is workmen's
comp,
this time with the apostrophe before the "s."

I can understand why it would be confusing. I used to have to
think
about it myself, but after transcribing a kazillion workers' comp
hearings in D.C., something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, I
finally got it.

BTW, here in D.C., the "old soldiers' home," as some are wont to
calling it, is spelled like this on the sign out front: U.S.
Soldier's
and Airmen's Home.

Jennie
Washington, D.C.













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