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Thread #108717   Message #2266941
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Feb-08 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Apostrophe Question???
Subject: RE: BS: Apostrophe Question???
weerover-
Do, meaning a party, show, military engagement, etc. is heard in America as well as in UK. The usage was noted in 1824, J. Briggs in "Remains." (OED) Also spelt (spelled) doe and doo.
I guess do's does it for the pl. Indeed troublesome.            

"Ode on a Grecian Urn."
Apostrophizing rhetorically has always boggled my mind. English, she is most peculiar!
The poem here: http://www.bartleby.com/101/625.html