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Re: [OM] Gus-Gus's World - APOSTROPHE ALERT!!

Subject: Re: [OM] Gus-Gus's World - APOSTROPHE ALERT!!
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 10:28:09 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     That would create a Chris crisis.  :{D

     An example of what I'm suggesting is the word "society", the various forms 
of which would be:

Singular - society
Plurality - societies
singular possessive - society's
Plural possessive - societies'

     I can imagine furious shouting at Oxford over this.

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>:-)
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>Chrises’
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>Or avoid the situation . . .
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>Chris
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>> On 21 Feb 2016, at 14:02, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>    To add to the confusion, how would you write a plural possessive?  Would 
>> it be Chris's's or Chris's'?  :{D
>> 
>>> 
>>> I should revise that slightly, Chris: it’s common with a plural (that ends 
>>> with ’s’) to omit the final ’s’.  But it’s quite reasonable to write 
>>> something like ‘Chris’s camera’ or ‘Jesus’s cloak’ (although the Bible
>>> translation that I read omits that final ’s’).
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>>> On 21 Feb 2016, at 13:18, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>    In the possessive form of a word ending with an 's', the common usage 
>>>> is 
>>>> to not have an 's' after the apostrophe.
>>>> 
>>>>    Grammar Police - To Serve and Correct.
>>>> 
>>>>    BTW:  Nice reference to "Christina's World".
>>> 
>> 
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Chris

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     - Hunter S. Thompson
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