would that be down at Ole Miss :-)
jh
On 2/21/2016 1:28 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
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.
:-)
Chrises’
Or avoid the situation . . .
Chris
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".
Chris
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