From: E. Shaun Russell (e_shaun@uniserve.com)
Date: Sat Jan 25 1997 - 22:30:13 MST
On 25/01/97, Eli wrote:
[I'm laughing while I'm writing this, so forgive any missed apostrophe's's]
>Say WHAT? Nobody is saying Descarte's. Descarte's is NEVER, EVER
>right, possessive or no possessive, although I do occasionally write
>(and backspace over) "Chalmer's".
That is because Descartes' name is Descartes. The apostrophe
signifies the possesive. Chalmers is the same way: Chalmers'. Any name
that ends with an 's' uses an apostrophe to represent the possesive. Any
other case has apostrophe + 's' as the possesive.
By the way, both of you were arguing for exactly the same point,
except you were both on different wavelengths. *That*, I think, is funny.
:-)
Ingredi Externus!
-E. Shaun Russell
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