As I understand it, you can use an apostrophe to seperate the 's' from a word
in a plural when the word itself is somehow special - to avoid a situation
where it would change the word into something else rather than a plural. It is
done after acronyms for instance - or after words that end in a vowel but
which, unlike potatoes, don't take an 'e'. So 'roos' would be a bit confusing
although acceptable. However, wedgie' as a plural - no way.
But, did you like the article?!
Andrew Fildes
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On 19/11/2013, at 12:35 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Neither? Both? I'm confused. I thought I knew. I give up.
>
>
> On 18 November 2013 13:30, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> 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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