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Use of Apostrophe...

  • 13-11-2008 09:05AM
    #1
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭


    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:


Comments

  • #2
    The Raven.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭The Raven.


    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.


    :confused:

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


  • #3
    tolosenc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


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


  • #4
    The Raven.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭The Raven.


    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.'


  • #5
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


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


  • #6
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


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

    Link to original post.


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