As far as I know, the rule goes that ‘s is used to make possessive forms of abbreviations. But I’ve noticed some inconsistencies:
… as it was announced that the Uefa’s Executive Committee had overwhelmingly voted to award…
…a member of the UEFA’s HatTrick Committee.
vs:
Women to be represented on the UEFA board for the first time.
The UEFA board decided to introduce a new…
The decision was made by the UEFA executive committee at a meeting in Nyon.
The Uefa Executive Committee decided to amend…
All the above come from .uk sites, the last one from thetimes.co.uk. Can anybody provide some explanation, please?
Answer
If UEFA is pronounced (or possibly even only thought of) as an initialism, standing for Union of European Football Associations, then the definite article is required. In this case, the article relates to the noun immediately following, that is, UEFA not committee:
A member of the Union of European Football Associations’ executive committee…
A member of the U.E.F.A.’s executive committee…A member of the UN’s Security Council…
An example of an NGO’s operations is…
If UEFA is pronounced as a single word /ju:ˈeɪfə/, it’s treated as a name. Names don’t get the definite article.
A member of UEFA’s executive committee…
A member of London’s police force…
If it’s not a possessive, then UEFA becomes an attributive noun, which functions as an adjective. The article is then governed by the head noun, committee.
A member of the UEFA executive committee…
A member of a UEFA committee…A member of the UN Security Council…
An example of NGO operations is…
Attribution
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