Obsolescent? Already obsolete?

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat Jul 30 20:07:35 UTC 2005


>>From today's NYT:
>
>The two Mr. Larkins ...
>
>instead of
>
>The two Messrs. Larkins ...
>
>-Wilson Gray

Not to be picky, but (why not)...
the former would be referring to two guys named Larkin, the latter to
two guys named Larkins, at least as I'd infer.  Otherwise it would
have been the two Messrs. Larkin.

L



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