None the less when it is about breasts, one should, at all times, stay focused on grammatical issues.
None the less when it is about breasts, one should, at all times, stay focused on grammatical issues.
I think the apostrophe before is correct....right? Having it before the "s" shows ownership, and they are her bewbs.Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley
I could be wrong as the apostrophe after always got me.
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Originally Posted by Skizo
"there is nothing misogynistic about anything, stop trippin.
i type this way because im black and from nyc chill son "
Her last name is spears though, not spear.Originally Posted by Skizo
That would be like saying "Those are ros's shoes"
Originally Posted by rossco
Oh yeah. Didn't even think about that.
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Originally Posted by rossco
Spears's (Spearses (ph)) would also be wrong, so we drop the second "s".
"there is nothing misogynistic about anything, stop trippin.
i type this way because im black and from nyc chill son "
not true. Spears's is correct. I specifically remember one of my high school english teachers.. one of those grammar fanatics.. tell me "It's not Mr. Collins', It's not Mr. Collins's!!" after handing in my paper on Pride and Prejudice
Whereas this is a seriously old topic, I too reckon that the correct genitive form of that would be "Britney Spears's boobs". Which I actually kinda' think is right. (Since it simultaneously marks out that it's a singular, which is a nice touch.)
Unless there are many Britney Spears, then it's Britney Spears'.
Singular ending with "s" -> add "'s".
Plural ending with "s" -> add "'".
EDit: English used to have the same system as ours, ie no apostrophe at all. I think plurals actually went something like "Spearses", back then, and singulars "Spearss". (We never double s's tho', we cut out the second if there would be two in a row at the end of a word marking gentitive, on account of that geminisation shortens the preceding vowel. In swedish, that is.)
Last edited by Snee; 03-28-2007 at 01:08 AM.
"The mystery of the breasts of Britney Spears"
What's hard about that
i would quite like to have secksual relations with britney spears, not while she's bawld lyke cos that would be lyke doing a bloke with nockers...
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