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Use of Apostrophe...

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  • 13-11-2008 10:05am
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    FlutterinBantam
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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.


    :confused:


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    #2
    The Raven.
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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.


    :confused:

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


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    #4
    The Raven.
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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
    FlutterinBantam
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    That's what I thought, thanks for the feedback.


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

    Link to original post.


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