Grammar question
Hi, everyone
I once read a Facebook post by someone who loves Slash (a famous guitar player) and is always posting covers and stuff about him. Then, should one person comment "Why not just buy Slash's signature products, since most of what you do is cover him" or “Why not just buy signature Slash products, since most of what you do is cover him”? or “ Why not just buy Slash signature products, since most of what you do is cover him”?
OBS: Slash doesn’t own a brand. He is just a famous guitarist, and many products( and certain guitars, picks, straps, hats) began being associated with him because he would use them a lot(Gibson Les Pauls, for example)
Should I use “slash’s” or “slash”? Possessive or noun adjunct?
Thank you and happy new year!
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Corrections · 2
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There's nothing there that sounds wrong to my native ears, and I'm the guy who corrects my fellow Americans on their grammar. You could say Slash merchandise. And you could say "Slash's pics", "Slash's signature products". And "Slash products" is correct. Either is fine here.
In your writing, you say "Then, should one person comment...", and then go on to relate what a few people said. It would be better to say "People commented..." or "There were people commenting like..." The second is informal. using "like" to mean "saying things such as". That's slang, but widely used.
Two other things - one, what does "OBS" stand for? And two, always capitalize the first letter of a personal name. So "Slash", not "slash".
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Either one would be fine, but the one without the apostrophe (') -- that is, the one that turns "Slash" into an adjective, sounds better to me.
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