On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 03:08:42PM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> Rick Moen writes:
> 
> > P.S>:  I'm hoping to write a short story called "Charles' Wife Camilla",
> > the saga of a polyandrous family comprising two men named Charle and
> > their wife Camilla.
> 
> ISTR E. B. White (might've been Fowler) saying "Charles'" should be
> "Charles's" unless he was in the Bible.  I'm afraid I can't quite be
> arsed walking across the office to check.

you're right. the book of revelations contains very specific grammatical
rules for avoiding god's wrath in the apostropocalypse(*).


(*) that gloriou's day when all those who mi'suse apostrophe's will
burn in hell forever.

craig

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