#you know as one of those completely invisible deeply meaningless headcanons about shinigami's opinions on both grammar and captain meetings

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I don't usually care that much about grammar, in that it's important to me only if close reading it stands to say interesting things in a story or about a character, or if it's otherwise impacting meaning in some way. Getting up in arms about typos/errors that don't impact anything, meh.

BUT. I USE THIS PHRASE OFTEN ENOUGH NOW IT'S BOTHERING ME. In fact, it bothers me so much I just found out that I finally *do* have the polls feature! (I did not, for a very very very long time, long after it seemed everyone else did.)

-- "captain's meeting" -- possessive, the meeting of the captains. The meeting belongs to the captains. Potential double meaning, in that it could be a meeting for captains, or a meeting called by a captain (within their own division)?

-- captains meeting -- plural. A meeting of multiple captains.

-- captains' meeting -- both possessive and plural. A meeting of multiple captains for multiple captains.

-- Or even Captain's meeting??? Capital C? -- a meeting called by the Captain (Commander), but shortened for ease??

MIT uses "captains meeting." For the National Senior Games, though, it's "captain's meeting." And the Mock Trial Association uses "captains' meeting." All of these are used to describe a meeting for captains, attended by multiple captains.

Which do you personally use?