weird plural possessives

[deird1]

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?

Comments

[kerkevik_2014]

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