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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2000/12

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] War of the Tony`s
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 01:56:45 -0500

The orchestra had three clarinetists.
The clarinetist's check is for a larger amount than the trombonist's.(as it should be)
The clarinetists' chairs were blue.
That is the Jones's car.
It is - It's.

Michael Lawrence wrote:

> Clarinettists' indicates a plurality of possession- i.e. something or things
> that is possessed by more than one individual of that type. In that way it
> is both plural and possessive.
>
> e.g. "The clarinettists' chairs" = The chairs of the clarinettists
>
> Isn't the apostrophe in clarinettists' indicative of posession and not
> plurality? Considering that it is the only difference between the plural
> form
> and the plural posessive, it would follow most logically that that is the
> case.
> Does anyone have a book of English grammar to confirm or correct this?
>
> Best,
>
> Jennifer
>
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