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Thread #86772   Message #1617661
Posted By: wordfella
30-Nov-05 - 08:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Grammar Police: eats shoots and leaves
Subject: RE: BS: Grammar Police: eats shoots and leaves
Nigel

>>Or, "This is the Strong's house", which, as a label, I assume you would wish to add an apostrophe after "The Strong's" to show the ellision of the word 'House'<<

Nope. If the sign implies the house, it needs to be plurally possessive: The Strongs'.

But I don't like that, either.