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Subject:Re: Apostrophe question From:Bev Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Sun, 19 Nov 1995 16:44:53 MST
Bonni Graham wrote-->
> According to Strunk and White, the correct way to create a possessive
> out of a proper noun ending in "s" is with "'s" (e.g., Gwen Barnes's)
> not simply "'" as I wrote.
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I was about to sign a greeting card this morning, and I wanted
to write:
The Parks
George, Beverly, and Molly
But then I realized I didn't know how to pluralize Parks (and
all my good books are at work). So instead, I wrote
George, Beverly, and Molly Parks
I had a gnawing suspicion that the answer was The Parkses, and
I don't like the look of that AT ALL.
What *is* the answer?
Parks' perhaps, in which case the apostrophe is not used to
indicate possession.
P.S. This is a valid tech writing question, BTW. Someday we may
have to write
The Windows
WFW, NT, and 95
<G>
Bev Parks
Furlough 95 -- Day 6
bparks -at- huachuca-emh1 -dot- army -dot- mil
