Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!dartvax!andyb From: andyb@dartvax.UUCP (Andy Behrens) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Possessive plurals of last names Message-ID: <3602@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 10:28:09 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.3602 Posted: Thu Sep 19 10:28:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 03:46:42 EDT References: <2475@mit-hermes.ARPA> <1645@peora.UUCP> Reply-To: andyb@dartvax.UUCP (Andy Behrens) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 16 Summary: In article <1645@peora.UUCP> randy@peora.UUCP (Randy Hendry) writes: > The title of the article reminded me of a word(?) I keep seeing > on restrooms: MENS. Is there a shortage of apostrophes, or > do the people who label doors think this is a word? There is in fact an apostrophe shortage. The people who make signs have used up all their apostrophes in messages like EMPLOYEE'S ONLY and WE DO NOT CASH CHECK'S. :-} Andy Behrens {astrovax,decvax,cornell,ihnp4,linus}!dartvax!andyb.UUCP andyb@dartmouth.CSNET andyb%dartmouth@csnet-relay.ARPA Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com