[ebooktalk] Re: Grammar Question
- From: "CJ & AA MAY" <chrisalis.may@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:00:03 +0100
Thanks Trish; I have been told this but I still frequently see James (who is
my son) with just an apostrophe at the end, so I'm clearly not the only one
who is unsure.
Alison
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On Behalf Of Trish Talbot
Sent: 07 July 2013 21:12
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Grammar Question
Hi Alison,
His name is James, so the apostrophe S comes after his name, as it would if
it was Alison's birthday, Elaine's birthday, or (Applying the same rule)
Chris's birthday. The fact that James and Chris have names ending in S
doesn't matter.
Trish.
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From: "CJ & AA MAY" <chrisalis.may@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 7:27 PM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Grammar Question
> When I find the apostrophe difficult to place is with names like James. So
> do I send a card on James's birthday or just on James' birthday?
> Alison
>
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> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 06 July 2013 12:27
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Grammar Question
>
> And there you go, four answers all saying pretty much the same thing but
> in
> very different ways.
> On 6 Jul 2013, at 12:20, Ian Macrae wrote:
>
>> Dave, men is a plural noun and therefore the apostrophe goes before the s
> because the matches belong to men. Ladies is the plural of a singular
> noun,
> Lady and therefore the apostrophe goes after the s because the matches
> belong to all the ladies, not just to one lady. This brings back a
> horrific
> memory of me having teach this to a class of 3rd years secondary school
> students having been up all night at a party at college during my teaching
> practise.
>> On 6 Jul 2013, at 10:43, David Russell wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> Can someone please answer this for me.
>>>
>>> When I look at the schedule for Wimbledon tennis, they always mark
>>> the matches as "men's singles" or "Ladies' Singles".
>>>
>>> You may need to read this letter by letter to understand what I mean.
>>>
>>> I am just wondering why the men and ladies are treated differently?
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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