Apostrophe in Students' Corner

Question:

I have a punctuation question. Does Students Corner require an apostrophe?

Answer:

Making the distinction between possessive and descriptive nouns will help you to decide when an apostrophe should be used and when it should not.

In most cases, when a noun is descriptive and ends in s, no apostrophe is necessary (i.e. a savings bank, a United Nations summit, an estimates meeting). In these examples, the nouns ending in s serve as describers rather than possessors. Usually, other words are understood but not stated (i.e. a bank for savings, a summit by/for the United Nations, a meeting for estimates). Since, in your example, the noun "Students" is a describer (i.e. a corner for students) and not a possessor, no apostrophe is required.

But if you wish to emphasize that the corner belongs to students, you need to add an apostrophe after the s: Students' Corner.