Klarinet Archive - Posting 000054.txt from 2000/12

From: Karel Vahala <vahalakv@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Yikes! A retraction re: plural nouns.
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 21:15:40 -0500

Neil, Thanks for the retraction. I am sorry I fired off my last message
without reading the rest of the messages. Merry Cristmas and Peace to all.

Karel.

Neil Leupold wrote:

> Dear Everbody,
>
> I humbly submit to several thousand tongue-lashings for my
> previous post on the pluralization of proper nouns. I'm very
> sorry. It was a shoot-from-the-hip response, insolent, and I
> did indeed mistakenly lump proper nouns together with numbers,
> letters, and abbreviations. While the latter three are, in fact,
> set to the plural case via apostrophes, proper nouns are not
> (something I could have confirmed via just a little prior re-
> search). I apologize to the Karel, Gavin, Tim, and anybody
> else who may have momentarily thought I knew what the heck I
> was talking about.
>
> It is correct to tack an 's' onto the end of a proper noun
> to effect the plural case. Thus, "Tonys" is actually cor-
> rect, where "Tony's" is not. For somebody who prides him-
> self on an in-depth understanding of proper grammar and syn-
> tax, I really screwed this one up. Don't ever listen to me
> again!
>
> Sincerely,
> Neil
>
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