Hi, Warren. A colleague and I wrote a short article on that topic (and other issues related to graduation) a few years ago. You can read it at http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/052101.htm. Your question is addressed in the last paragraph. I hope that it is helpful. Best, Nancy Nancy L. Tuten, PhD Professor of English Director of the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Program Columbia College Columbia, South Carolina [log in to unmask] 803-786-3706 -----Original Message----- From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Warren Sieme Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Master's vs. Masters After I completed my undergraduate degree, I elected to continue on to graduate school. My question is: Did I recieve a "Master's Degree," i.e. a degree belonging to a Master ( I will humbly interject here that there is in reality, precious little that I feel myself a 'master' of), or a "Masters Degree," that is a degree denoting that I am a master of several things somehow related to teaching. I've looked at a few random websites; some schools use the "apostrophe-'s'" and others the 's' without an apostrophe. Opinions, comments, clarifications? Warren ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/