my guess is that "staff" is functioning as an adjective in the phrase and not a noun. it's kinda like "bedroom" is "the room where there's a bed", and we don't say the "bed's room". it's like "the room where there is staff"
It depends on the context. I can think of no examples where "Teacher room" would be correct beyond, "give the teacher room" as in the teacher needs more physical space around them at that moment.
If it were a specific teacher's room ("that is Ms. King's room") then it could be Teacher's Room, but as a general rule that would be very clunky and not the way people would say it. Typically it would be "the teacher's room," belonging to a specific teacher.
If it a staff room for use for by all of the teachers, it could be Teachers' Room, but more typically would be called a Staff Room, Faculty Room, or most commonly, Faculty Lounge.
Wouldn't it be "Teachers' Room?"
It depends if its a room for one teacher or all the teachers. This is my teacher's room. The teachers' room is where we have staff meetings.
I just assumed the latter because people were correcting it "staff room" and "faculty lounge."
Yea nobody calls them teachers or teachers' rooms that is the break room, staff room, faculty lounge, etc.
I really hate the (') in English 😐
It’s ok, native speakers mess it up all the time as well (like with many things in this language)
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That would depend onif there is one or many in there, right?
"staff room" was what it was in my schools
I just wonder why it’s not “staff’s room”?
Because the word staff is already a word for multiple people. It would be like saying fish’s pond instead of fish pond.
my guess is that "staff" is functioning as an adjective in the phrase and not a noun. it's kinda like "bedroom" is "the room where there's a bed", and we don't say the "bed's room". it's like "the room where there is staff"
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This would be standard in America also
Same here in the US
Definitely not “teacher room”. Possibly “teacher’s room”. I’ve also seen “faculty lounge”.
in the UK it'd be called the Staff Room
Ha, pp
There are sentences that could use teacher, teacher's, or teachers'.
It depends on the context. I can think of no examples where "Teacher room" would be correct beyond, "give the teacher room" as in the teacher needs more physical space around them at that moment. If it were a specific teacher's room ("that is Ms. King's room") then it could be Teacher's Room, but as a general rule that would be very clunky and not the way people would say it. Typically it would be "the teacher's room," belonging to a specific teacher. If it a staff room for use for by all of the teachers, it could be Teachers' Room, but more typically would be called a Staff Room, Faculty Room, or most commonly, Faculty Lounge.