which was the original mistake. On May 29, 2018, at 5:33 PM, Alex <imoca...@comcast.net<mailto:imoca...@comcast.net>> wrote:
C'mon, guys! Apostrophes are indeed pesky. And also unnecessary. According to the Feds, proper names never include apostrophes, which indicate posession. Alex On 28 May 2018 at 23:03, Logan McNatt wrote: > Bill, thanks for your input. In the labyrinth of lexicology, you are certainly > one of the Wizards--Well done. > LowGun > > On 5/28/2018 7:01 PM, Mixon Bill wrote: > > That pesky apostrophe! Strictly speaking, if one wants the possessive form > of the cave name, neither Adam's (puts it in the middle of the poor guy's > name) nor Adams' ( (Adams is not plural) is correct. It should have been > Adams's Cave. -- Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > A chicken is the egg's way of making another egg. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu<mailto:bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu> > AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org<mailto:a...@mexicancaves.org> or > edi...@mexicancaves.org<mailto:edi...@mexicancaves.org> > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ************************ Katherine Arens Phones: Office(512) 232-6363 ar...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:ar...@austin.utexas.edu> Dept. Phone: (512) 471-4123 Dept. of Germanic Studies FAX (512) 471-4025 2505 University Ave, C3300 Bldg.Location: Burdine 336 University of Texas at Austin Office: Burdine 320 Austin, TX 78712-1802 -. .- _..-'( )`-.._ ./'. '||\\. (\_/) .//||` .`\. ./'.|'.'||||\\|.. )O O( ..|//||||`.`|.`\. ./'..|'.|| |||||\`````` '`" '` ''''''/||||| ||.`|..`\. ./'.||'.|||| ||||||||||||. . |||||||||||| ||||.`||.`\. /'|||'.|||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| ||||||.`|||`\ '.|||'.||||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| |||||||.`|||.` '.||| ||||||||| |/' ``\||`` ''||/'' `\| ||||||||| |||.` |/' \./' `\./ \!|\ /|!/ \./' `\./ `\| V V V }' `\ /' `{ V V V ` ` ` V ' ' '
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