On Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at 03:19 PM, Keith Turk wrote:
> Hey Now.... Watch it.... :0)
>
> Had to laugh thou last night Tonya and I had to come up with a Name
> plaque
> for our friends house... you tell me what is correct for a plural
> form of
> this name..... Wenz.... ?
>
> Like my name would be " The Turk's "
>
> Theirs would be?
>
> Keith ( like I should have a clue about this...and trust me I didn't )
>
>
Nope. It should NOT be "The Turk's" as in this case the apostrophe
would show possession. And while yes, you do own the house, using it
this way (apostrophe S) would only be correct if the sign read "The
Turk's House" or "The Turk's Car" or "The Turk's Septic Tank" or
whatever. With the 's ending you must have a noun following the name
or it's incorrect.
Best would be "The Turks", implying that more than one Turk lives
there. Man-o-man, though -- for a name ending in "s" it looks goofy as
heck -- Imagine Todd and Debbie's sign -- would it look right as "The
Drosss"? No, in that case it IS okay to put in the apostrophe, making
it "The Dross's", although I think "The Dross's"...
Oh, hell, this is getting cornfusing. Why not just make the sign "Mr.
& Mrs. Ted Wenz" and let it go at that?
Maybe I should stick to racing. . .
Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
Marquette, Michigan
(that's 'way up north)
PS Keith, I know you're not from Alabama and I betcha you could put all
the letters in order on the first try. Now, some of the other racers,
maybe not. . .
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