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Re: possessives
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"Richard Veit, UNCW English Department" <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:54:03 -0500
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At 12:10 PM 12/12/2000 -0500, Reinhold wrote:
>I agree, Jennifer; I also have always believed that the likely
>pronunciation of the word sets the written usage.  So, if I say, "That's
>the /jonesis/ car," I'd write it, "That's the Jones's car."

If the plural of "Jones" is "Joneses," I would write "the Joneses' car" for
the possessive of the plural.

Dick Veit

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