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Subject: [OM] Re: OT: Apostrophe's (sic.) (was: Re: Can anyone use a Varimagni finder?)
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:17:10 -0000
Well well, how interesting. But you are grsooly mistaken if you think I can
even pretend to be normal (and certainly not common). :-)

Thanks for the reference.

--
Piers 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Simon Worby
Sent: 23 January 2005 13:58
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] OT: Apostrophe's (sic.) (was: Re: Can anyone use a Varimagni
finder?)


Piers Hemy wrote:

> "Piers' name already ends in the letter 's', so it is unnecessary to 
> add a further 's' after the apostrophe."

With proper nouns ending in "s" or "z", it is *normally* the case that one
adds "'s", even though that will result in "s's" or "z's". It is less common
to just add an apostrophe, though not actually wrong. (See Posessive Puzzles
in Fowler's Modern English Usage, 1926 -- still the bible on English
grammar.)

Regards,

Simon
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