Hmmm...I see your point. This brings up the case of English plural
posessives. I suppose it should have been "tykes's heads" or some shortened
thing meaning the same, like "tykes' heads". I've never seen a solution I'm
happy with for that one.
But I'll leave it to the experts for an opinion.
Gary H.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 4:06 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] The Do's and Don'ts of apostrophe placement
>
> Bearing min mind the Subject: ;ine, Gary, I have to ask how many heads
> does
> tyke have, since it is only by tyke being some sort of Medusa that your
> last
> line can be correct ;-)
>
> --
> Piers
>
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> Of Gary Holder (c)
> Sent: 08 September 2006 02:38
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> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] The Do's and Don'ts of apostrophe placement
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> --snip
>
> "I'm unique, just like everyone else." I'd also note that this concept
> seems
>
> to be a major element of preschool and kindergarten curricula, apparently
> needing pounding into tyke's heads, lest they be led astray.
>
>
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