# Minor editing nitpick: researcher's minds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-editing-nitpick-researchers-minds/405917>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 29, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-editing-nitpick-researchers-minds/405917 "2007-05-29T14:47:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-editing-nitpick-researchers-minds/405917/1 "2007-05-29T14:47:22Z")

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As the thread title implies, this is a minor editing nitpick. Doug seems to be talking about the minds of multiple researchers, in which case the proper spelling would be, “researchers’ minds.”

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