No wrong turn: Driver side vs. driver���s side

Sometimes there just isn���t a rule for a grammar dilemma. Such is the case with driver side vs. driver���s side.

Either form is quite common and acceptable in writing. Such is the case with other similar constructions, such as dog collar vs. dog���s collar and passenger side vs. passenger���s side.

No doubt the reason driver���s side and passenger���s side sound like they may be wrong is because the word following the apostrophe s begins with an s. To many people, that���s awkward to say aloud. Indeed, a Google search query for the two terms shows that people prefer driver side, which receives about 11 million more returns than driver���s side. Passengers side also is preferred over passenger���s side by 43 million more hits.

Given this, I recommend dropping the apostrophe s or using whatever the stylebook for your publication advises.

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