Saxon genitive

[arielpriarone]

Good morning to all!

I am writing a scientific essay. I have a table of algorithms names and features, and I want to write about the performances of them (the algorithms).

I tried to begin like this:
"All the cited algorithms performances have been compared on a dataset of bearings vibration..."

and I noticed that the autocorrect wanted to change it to
"All the cited algorithms' performances have been compared on a dataset of bearings vibration"

what is that? Saxon genitive is reserved for proper names, isn't it?

should I change to a more convoluted structure like the following?
"The performances of all the cited algorithms have been compared...."

Is there anything else I can improve?
Thanks

[Alan]

Yes, the so-called Saxon genitive (a.k.a. the possessive case) is indeed generally limited to animate referents (people/animals) and, while there are certain well-established exceptions to this rule (the names of countries and companies, for example), the noun 'algorithm' is not normally considered one!

And so, for that reason, I would favour your "convoluted" - but perfectly clear and correct - rephrasing of the sentence in question.