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Use of Apostrophe...

FlutterinBantam · 2008-11-13 09:05:08

I was perusing a post and the jist of it was that "the commentator didn't know that there were two Davis' playing for...etc" So two people named Davis= what? Two Davis' ? Two Davis's ? Two Davisesmy choice None of the above. :confused:

13-11-2008 9:05am

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I was perusing a post and the jist of it was that "the commentator didn't know that there were two Davis' playing for...etc"

So two people named Davis= what?

Two Davis' ?
Two Davis's ?
Two Davisesmy choice

None of the above.

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#2 13-11-2008 10:25pm

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FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I was perusing a post and the jist of it was that "the commentator didn't know that there were two Davis' playing for...etc"

So two people named Davis= what?

Two Davis' ?
Two Davis's ?
Two Davisesmy choice

None of the above.

'Two Davises' is correct. It is sometimes better to avoid the confusion by saying something like 'two players by the name of Davis'.

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#3 13-11-2008 11:38pm

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For a start, it's plural, so an apostrophe is out of the question...

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#4 14-11-2008 1:22pm

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obl wrote: »

For a start, it's plural, so an apostrophe is out of the question...

I agree that there should be no apostrophe. I have used quotation marks, but in case they cause confusion, what I meant was that the sentence should read as follows:

'the commentator didn't know that there were two Davises playing for...etc.'

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#5 14-11-2008 10:09pm

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That's what I thought, thanks for the feedback.

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#6 14-11-2008 10:14pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57887018&postcount=28

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