Good one ! (but don't make a habit of it)
...Wayne
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Subject: Re: [OM] Gus-Gus's World - APOSTROPHE ALERT!!
Which reminds me: I've been working religiously on a 1968/69 Mercier 300
bicycle that I bought on evilBay for less than what a comparable frameset would
normally cost. I've been thinking of it as a Catholic bike, due to the phrase
"Christ have Mercier" in the English mass. :{b
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>Last time I looked it up (don't know where) it made an exception for
>religious names, so it would be Chris's Fuji but Jesus' Olympus.
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>Jez's contribution
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>On 21 February 2016 at 14:07, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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".
>>
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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