Settle down, Piers. You know how we colonials like to muck up the Mother
Tongue.
Charlie
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ahem. If the possessives in question are in the plural, then the
> apostrophes
> should follow the letters 's' - in which case both would indeed be correct.
> But I see nothing to suggest what is possessed by the alleged possessives,
> which means they are respectively nominative and accusative which should
> not
> have any apostrophe! At my most charitable, while the first is indubitably
> nominative, I could accept the second as a possessive/attributive, albeit
> leaving unspoken that portion of the roos which is attacked by wedgies.
>
> Not mentioned so far is the use of an apostrophe to indicate abbreviation -
> and in that case "Wedgies also attacks 'roos".
>
> I'm shocked that this still has to hammered home. I'll be setting some
> homework if standards don't rise.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Trask [mailto:christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 November 2013 13:31
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion; olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] A bit of a tease to start the week
>
> >
> >Andrew wrote
> >>*>
> >>*> On 18/11/2013, at 5:59 PM, Ian Manners wrote:
> >>*>
> >>*> Wedgie's also attack roo's.
> >>*> Which apostrophe is incorrect? :-)
> >
> >Both, assuming the sentence is complete.
> >
>
> Actually neither. Both words are plurals, but with the apotrophies
> they become possessives. At least you won't deplete the world excess of
> apostrophes.
>
>
> Chris
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