Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 2000/12

From: "Ian Black" <clarinet1@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] War of the Tony`s
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 05:38:09 -0500

> 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

Yes it is. But since _clarinettists_ itself is plural, Tim Shaw's (>1) was correct. The apostrophe
denotes possession, the "s" denoting plurality.

Ian

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