Fwd: on the possessive front

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

singler's reply to my initial e-mail:

Begin forwarded message:

> From: John V Singler <jvs1 at nyu.edu>
> Date: February 23, 2005 3:08:36 PM PST
> To: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu>
> Subject: Re: on the possessive front
>
> When this came up in my undergraduate socio class a few weeks back,
> Sonya--one of the TA's--pointed out that there is variation in
> pronunciation between [gayz] and [gayzIz].
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:10 pm
> Subject: on the possessive front
>
>> noticed at the BLS meetings: a commenter on the Walker/Mpiranya
>> paper
>> referred repeatedly to "your guys' analysis" 'the analysis that
>> you
>> guys put forward'.  then this morning i heard Barry Bonds use this
>> possessive (referring to the reporters) in his press conference.
>>
>> plenty of examples to be found on the net.  some people use an
>> apostrophe (as in the first example below), but many eschew
>> punctuation
>> (as in the other two):
>>
>> StangNet Forums - Tranny went, need your guys' help asap...
>> forums.stangnet.com/showthread. php?goto=lastpost&t=532844
>>
>> ... [DSL] Verizon PA sucks, really need your guys help! Ok, so I
>> originally had a westell 2200 in my house and replaced it with a
>> Versalink 327W. ...
>> www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12577506~mode=flat
>>
>> ... hey i just bought your guys cd it rocks I love disco
>> mothafucka ...
>> haha i love your guys band name...it makes me happy. your music
>> rocks!!
>> thanks for ...
>> www.myspace.com/thepenfifteenclub
>>
>>
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