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deird1 ([personal profile] deird1) wrote2016-01-24 07:44 am
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weird plural possessives

Okay. This has stumped me.

We have:
- one Surgeon General
- two Surgeons General
- one cup of tea
- two cups of tea
- The Surgeon General's cup of tea.
- The Surgeon General's cups of tea.


...when you have multiple Surgeons General, how do you do the possessive?

Is it:
- The Surgeons' General cups of tea?
- The Surgeons General's cups of tea?
- The Surgeons' Generals cups of tea?
...or what?
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[personal profile] kerkevik_2014 2016-01-23 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Because you're making me have a psychotic reaction?

(points to icon)

;-)

Sounds like the kind of problem that would have people arguing and fighting for many a century :-)

kerk