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Re: Singulars, Plurals, and Apostrophes?

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Nathan LeonardFeb 23, 2007

Don't thank me, I was born obsessive-compulsive. I would have hated myself forever if I hadn't pointed it out...

On 2/23/07, Gregory Auger < gregory.auger@...> wrote:

Thanks for pointing that out Nathan, I was obviously half asleep in not noticing the plural of chairman!

----- Original Message -----
From: Nathan Leonard
To: just-a-minute@...
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Singulars, Plurals, and Apostrophes?

By the way, Gregory, I know your example was a made-up one, but you could have chosen a better one - "chairmans" is not the plural of "chairman", it's "chairmen". I also disagree with your point - it's clear from the context that it's the possessive that's on the card, as "The Chairmans Hair" would make no sense grammatically, even if "chairmans" was the plural of "chairman".

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