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Thread #25235   Message #294942
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
11-Sep-00 - 08:56 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mangling the English Language
Subject: RE: BS: Mangling the English Language
I disagree with Bagpuss that it's correct to say XXX's Auto's. Surely "auto" for "car" is widely understood.

The actual principle at work here is that if you are not well-educated and a word frightens you, then you protect yourself by putting an apostrophe in the plural. That's why we see "potato's" at the grocery store, etc.