Good try, Erik, but guess again. See the listing in Wikipedia. And while you're about it you can see:
Gowings - See Wikipedia entry Frenchs Forest - See Wikipedia or: http://www.frenchsfor-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Sydney Teachers College See: http://www.edsw.usyd.edu.au/about/history/
I don't know. They might have slunk off to "Banana's on Sale" signs (see Sharon Colon's collection at http://www.sharoncolon.com/ ) The apostrophe is as unwelcome in the examples I gave (and more that I haven't) as a dog in a butcher shop, despite the confusion that results. I don't know why.
I guess it depends on how many princes you're talking about.
ReplyDeletePrince (singular) = Prince's
Princes (plural) = Princes'
Good try, Erik, but guess again.
ReplyDeleteSee the listing in Wikipedia.
And while you're about it you can see:
Gowings - See Wikipedia entry
Frenchs Forest - See Wikipedia or:
http://www.frenchsfor-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
Sydney Teachers College
See:
http://www.edsw.usyd.edu.au/about/history/
So where did all those apostrophes go, the poor things?
ReplyDeleteI don't know. They might have slunk off to "Banana's on Sale" signs (see Sharon Colon's collection at http://www.sharoncolon.com/ )
ReplyDeleteThe apostrophe is as unwelcome in the examples I gave (and more that I haven't) as a dog in a butcher shop, despite the confusion that results. I don't know why.
An entire site dedicated to apostrophe mistakes--now how am I going to get any work done?
ReplyDeleteOff to waste more time...