At 08:13 PM 4/8/2002 -0700, Chris Little wrote: >genitive forms changed to nominative: >hitch/Hitchcocks has been renamed Hitchcock >Naves has been renamed Nave >Smiths has been renamed Smith >Eastons has been renamed Easton >Websters has been renamed Webster
Why? I understand that both forms will sound funny to people from different circles. People who are used to hearing a title shortened to the first significant word, such as calling The Antiquities of the Jews, simply Antiquities, will find Strong's, for Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, quite natural. But, people who are used to hearing a book referred to by the author's name will find Strong quite natural. Is it because the genitive tends to loose the apostrophe, and ends up being plural? Just curious. Jerry
