restaurants' personnel gen.

[shmi]

Требуется ли апостроф после слова restaurants' в словосочетании restaurants' personnel (персонал ресторанов)

[grachik]

нет

[grachik]

restaurant personnel

[CopperKettle]

Огласите весь список, то есть все предложение (приблизительно).

ИМХО, если имеются в виду конкретные рестораны, то почему бы и не поставить апостроф?

Интересный вопрос.

[Denisska]

=если имеются в виду конкретные рестораны=
а если не имеются, то, как вариант, restaurant workers

[shmi]

речь идет о ресторанах вообще, без конкретики: "Система обучения персонала ресторанов"

[Denisska]

например
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/food/food-service-training.shtml

[2eastman]

Consider: restaurant staff training system

[CopperKettle]

Я вспомнил, что, к примеру, artist's paints пишется иногда с апострофом, притом artist - без артикля, хоть и в единственном числе. O_o

The next stage in the development of artist's paints occurred in the United States. In the 1920s and 1930s, the first crude latices that could be used as vehicles for ...

[Amor 71]

To indicate the possession of inanimate objects, give preference to "of" phrase not the apostrophe form.
e.g : "the roof of the house" is far much better than "the house's roof," which allots the house with human qualities. Inanimate objects cannot possess anything. Consequently, we say (and write) "the handle of the door" not "the door's handle". In the above examples the prepositional "of" phrase explains the connection between two inanimate objects.
However, today some grammar guides say that it is "generally unobjectionable" to use an apostrophe and an "s" to show possession of inanimate objects. But still in most cases "of" makes up for a more natural expression:
Compare:
The color of the night vs the night's color.
The mirror of the soul vs the soul's mirror.

[shmi]

Спасибо за Ваши мнения! Нашла текст, где используется restaurant's menu, но restaurant employees))) http://www.thestreet.com/story/13160233/1/top-14-secret-menu-items-at-fast-food-restaurants.html

[CopperKettle]

It's an interesting issue from grammar and style standpoints.

I've just dug up some discussions on StackExchange. Here's one:

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30385/apostrophe-s-vs-of

[CopperKettle]

I almost forgot! I announced a bounty on StackExchange for a similar question:

http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/86273/the-police-conspiracy-vs-the-polices-conspiracy

[CopperKettle]

The apostrophe could be used to great effect in poetry though:
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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
=======================

Just pronounce it: rifles-rapid-rattle.