Friday, March 13, 2009

Supreme Court divided on issue of apostrophe s

Hehe, fun article.
"As one of its final acts last term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued Kansas v. Marsh, a case involving the constitutionality of a state death-penalty statute. The 5-4 decision exposed the deep divide that exists among the nation's intellectual elite regarding one of society's most troubling issues -- namely, whether the possessive form of a singular noun ending with the letter 's' requires an additional 's' after the apostrophe."
full article at law.com
I happen to be firmly in favor of adding the extra s. It may get bulky, but to me the logic is almost mathematical.

2 comments:

  1. i totally agree. love, james's girlfriend.

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  2. Completely DISAGREE! There's something deeply satisfying about getting rid of redundant letters... and in bulking the logic in language :)

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