On 9/5/06, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sep 5, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> Then
> there is the mail-order company Lands' End, which seems to have its
> own apostrophe problem.
I believe this may be a plural possessive, in which case this would
be correct.
It is my understanding that it was intended to be a singular
possessive Land's End but somebody slipped up. Similar to the case of
Lena Bryant who forgot how to spell her own name when establishing the
eponymous clothing store.
carl
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