Re: [NTLK] possessives (was Re: NCU & OS X)

From: Grant Hutchinson (grant_at_splorp.com)
Date: Sat Jan 11 2003 - 15:45:50 EST


In a previous message, Tom McDougal typed vigorously:

>This came up in a recent discussion with friends. We disagreed about the
>rule so we went to two authorities: Elements of Style (Strunk & White) and
>A Dictionary of Modern American Usage (Garner). The authorities agreed:
>Form the singular possessive by adding apostrophe-S no matter what the
>last character is.

Further reading and discussion on this topic can be dredged out of the
voluminous Newtontalk list archives:

[NTLK] OT: Whence "genitive s" (='s)?

     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=102823589200002&r=1&w=2

[NTLK] Grammar question

     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=101182685200001&r=1&w=2

[NTLK] OT: The apostrophe...

     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=102855046400008&r=1&w=2

Nuf said.

g.

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