"Nancy Young" schrieb :
>
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
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>>
>> Well, if you want to do it correctly, stop wanting that. That's
>> exactly what I was illustrating with the list I showed -- that adding an
>> "s" to a pronoun doesn't mean you have to insert an "apostrophe". It's no
>> more necessary there than when you add an "s" to make a plural. Lions and
>> tigers and bears identify a group of animals; "lion's and tiger's and
>> bear's" doesn't. We must stamp out this knee-jerk obsession for inserting
>> apostrophes as if they are somehow needed to warn the reader that there is
>> an "s" coming. Esses are not dangerous; the reader does not need to be
>> warned that he's about to see one.
>
> I don't always want to add the apostrophe, I am *not* the cause
> of the apostrophe shortage. You will have to blame someone else
> for that.
>
> I'm only talking about when I would say Nancy's car. The woman's scarf.
> It's feet. My right pinky wants to put that apostrophe only in cases like
> that.
>
Easy solution : Amputate the right pinky !

> I'm not the person who thinks ' means Watch out, here comes an s.
>
After reading this thread, I feel the urge to write "Blinky the 'Shark".

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner