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Subject:Re: Apostrophe question From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Mon, 20 Nov 1995 06:47:42 MST
Mark Levinson wrote-->
>> I had a gnawing suspicion that the answer was The Parkses, and
>> I don't like the look of that AT ALL. ( - Bev Parks)
> ** You could declare unilaterally, if eccentrically, that you are your
> own plural: one Parks, several Parks. If you add an apostrophe,
> though, you may find yourself unfavorably remembered by dark-robed
> editors in midnight covens.
> Or you could call yourselves the Parksi.
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I like that: The Parksi. Has a kind of nobilistic, martial arts
ring to it.
The naked truth, unfortunately, is that my worst fear is
correct: The plural of Parks is Parkses. Yuck.
(Ref: The New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and
Usage)
Furlough over; back at work!
=*= Beverly Parks -- bparks -at- huachuca-emh1 -dot- army -dot- mil =*=
=*= Huachuca : That's pronounced "wah-CHEW-ka" =*=
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