[Fwd: Re: Correct English Possessives]

[Stefan Persson]

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Subject: Re: Correct English Possessives
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:26:11 +0100
From: Stefan Persson <spe at inducks.org>
To: ddmarkstein at cox.net
References: <200603111100.k2BB097A019789 at numerus.lingfil.uu.se>
<4412E615.8000406 at cox.net>

Donald D. Markstein wrote:
> In English, the
> apostrophe followed by S is ALWAYS used to indicate possessive case,
> except with a PLURAL noun that ends in S.

In English, some proper names, such as "Paris", are typically written in
singular, while other proper names, such as "Athens", are typically in
plural.  Does this mean that the correct genitive cases for those place
names are "Paris's" and "Athens'" respectively?  How do you know if a
proper name is singular or plural?

Stefan
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