[Ads-l] Superfluous apostrophe on PBS

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> the Sanderses' movement


The Sanders movement. What does it matter whether any of his family-members
participate? OTOH, were there to be an uprising by everyone surnamed
"Sanders" acting only on his own behalf, then I'd prefer "the movement
among the Sanderses." Even if both or all of their mothers, wives, and
sisters participate.

BTW, what's up with this taking my name in vain?


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-Wilson
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