Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 2000/12

From: ShawThings@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] War of the Tony`s
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 02:19:10 -0500

In a message dated 2/12/00 4:41:57 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time,
JJONES@-----.EDU writes:

> Isn't the apostrophe in clarinettists' indicative of possession and not
> plurality? Considering that it is the only difference between the plural
> form
> and the plural possessive, 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

Dear Jennifer, I think you're probably right. Knowledge of English grammar is
the preserve of a tiny minority. Perhaps we should revert to Latin, which is
completely dead language, when we want to be precise.
Cheers!
Tim.

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